183 This anti-cancer mushroom supercharges your body’s oxygen levels so much so that Chinese marathon runners shattered world records using it. (twitter.com) posted 87 days ago by brain_dead 87 days ago by brain_dead +184 / -1 63 comments share 63 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Just don't get the Cordyceps strain that started the apocalypse in The Last of Us.
Strange they used that for that show. O need to find some of this.
Not strange at all.
https://youtube.com/shorts/VzscJ6aIlrw?si=0SUGDRfTazLHBZgD
Cordyceps can absolutely take over insects and command them to do things, usually involving suicide (to progress the fungi's life cycle) or to infect a larger insect population (to spread the fungi).