Cordyceps is a genus of parasitic fungi known for infecting insects and taking over their bodies. It manipulates the host’s ...

In "The Last of Us," a widespread fungal infection turns people into zombie-like creatures and causes the collapse of society. However, in reality, humans have nothing to fear from Cordyceps fungi.

Athletic performance. Taking cordyceps by mouth doesn't seem to improve athletic performance in adults. There is interest in using cordyceps for a number of other purposes, but there isn't enough ...

However, after years of study, it was found that it really is a fruiting body produced by the fungus, Cordyceps sinesis, on dead caterpillars of the moth Hepilus fabricius. Spores of Cordyceps ...

each represents a certain stage of infection. The most recently infected are human-like and have better control of their host’s limbs, but as years pass, the cordyceps fungus takes over the host ...

The difference is, in this particular case, these hosts aren’t human. The infection cycle of E. muscae is both efficient and deadly. The fungus begins by releasing spores, or conidia ...