Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...
But this particular frog wasn't being parasitized by R. ondatrae. Rather, its passenger was a cute little fungus that mycologists later identified as a species of Mycena. Actually, finding frogs ...
Tim Fogg walked past the zombie spider fungus many times over the years before he learned what it actually was. As someone who explores caves for a living, Fogg would often see little globs of ...