The HBO show The Last of Us brought the parasitic fungus Cordyceps into the spotlight, spooking its audience with the possibility of a fungal pandemic of human zombies. Were here for the show, but how plausible is a fungus-induced human zombie apocalypse, really?
Greg Mueller, Ph.D., the Gardens chief scientist and Negaunee Vice President of Science, is a mycologistmeaning, a person who knows a lot more about fungi than The Rest of Us. So in our panic after watching the show, we thought wed tap him for his thoughts on the dangers of zombie-making fungi:
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