Parasitic Fungus

Episode 140 of the Acid Pop Podcast podcast, hosted by Acid Pop, titled "Parasitic Fungus" was published on April 19, 2020 and runs 34 minutes.

April 19, 2020 ·34m · Acid Pop Podcast

Summary

This week's episode is infectious, but in a good way. Join us as we discuss fungus that will starve you, rot out your face, or make insects heads explode.  Sources: https://www.etymonline.com/word/parasite https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=fungus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus https://phobia.wikia.org/wiki/Mycophobia http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150202-six-bizarre-things-about-fungi https://www.toptenz.net/10-surprising-facts-about-fungi.php https://www.quora.com/Can-mushrooms-grow-in-the-lungs https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/twenty-fascinating-facts-about-fungi/Content?oid=2646932 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379264/ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167295 https://www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141164173/caterpillar-fungus-the-viagra-of-the-himalayas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_population_analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophthora_infestans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucormycosis https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69220/fungus-kills-its-victims-and-makes-them-more-attractive https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/587052/psychotropic-fungus-eating-away-cicadas-genitalia-and-boosting-their-sex-drive https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/ https://www.healthline.com/health/how-long-is-ringworm-contagious

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