First a spore lands on the ant forces its way into the ants body through enzymatic action and spreads via a yeast form. There are arguments over the possibility of the cordyceps fungus to mutate and affect humans but there is no evidence that proves this.
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An infected human goes the way of the cordyceps ant in the last of us.
Cordyceps infection human. A few are parasitic on other fungi. First a spore lands on the ant forces its way into the ants body through enzymatic action and spreads via a yeast form. The spore producing structure of a fungus.
Also cordyceps seems to improve kidney transplant survival kidney transplant rejection and infection similar to azathioprine when taken with medications to prevent organ rejection. The most terrifying fungus youve ever seen. Like the ant infector the fungus that brings down humanity turns a host into a drone to eventually do its bidding.
In the last of us the infection began to spread in the united states in late september 2013. However cordyceps ignota infects tarantulas in a similar way and ophiocordyceps ignota infects stink bugs. If a member of the colony is infected healthy ants will carry the infected away from the colony hopefully avoiding infection themselves.
Cordyceps is like most true pathogens a dimorphic fungus meaning that it has a yeast stage and a hyphal stage. Most cordyceps species are endoparasitoids parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods they are thus entomopathogenic fungi. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis only infects carpenter ants and no other species.
Here are a few other images of cordyceps in action though be sure to check out this wicked photo of a dead tarantula first. In several months roughly 60 of humanity was either killed or infected. When its time to form the fruiting body.
Without an actual species to pin the apocalypse on the last of us uses a clever combination of cordyceps attributes. It might also reduce the risk of long term impaired kidney function called chronic allograft nephropathy. Ant colonies however are wise to cordyceps.
The cordyceps brain infection abbreviated as cbi is a parasitic fungal infection that has devastated mankind in the last of us. Cordyceps is like most true pathogens a dimorphic fungus meaning that it has a yeast stage and a hyphal stage. When its time to form the fruiting body the spore producing structure.
Cordyceps k r d s p s is a genus of ascomycete fungi sac fungi that includes about 400 species.
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