Ep. 59 Fungus: The Good, The Bad, and The Zombie

This week we're doing our second episode about Fungi! Last week we talked about what fungi even are in a broad sense. This week we cover symbiotic and pathogenic fungi, like the famous Cordyceps fungi!

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Btw near the end of the episode Sean mentions carpenter ants farming fungi -- they don't. That's more like leafcutter ants. Carpenter ants *do* farm aphids, but that shit is different.

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