Chances are it has been in the soil everywhere forever. Areas where land is tilled to produce row crops would traditionally account for most cases because these farmers are frequently in contact with naked soil.

The reason more people are getting sick with this now is most likely the fact that everyone's immune systems are trashed thanks to the dangerous medical products that were injected into them.

They mention climate change as a factor. They don't seem to be able to write an article about anything without doing a little fear-mongering about climate change.

https://news.yahoo.com/soil-fungus-causes-lung-infections-153900843.html

I remember reading here an article about the inventor of ivermectin finding the source of his work coming from soil at a certain golf course.

....there are plenty of natural fungicides

smh