The mind-controlling “zombie” fungus, which served as the inspiration for the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

Parasitic fungi have been with us since at least the Cretaceous period zombifying insects according to a new study of fossils ...

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Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi ...

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While research is still evolving, the potential health benefits of mushroom coffee for cognition and immune systems have made it a popular coffee alternative.

Mushrooms have been used for their purported health benefits for centuries. Read about mushroom supplements, possible health benefits and risk factors here.