Two Species of Parasitic Fungi Found in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

Jun 27, 2025 - 13:45
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Two Species of Parasitic Fungi Found in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber
Ecological reconstruction of Cretaceous insects and insect-pathogenic fungi. An ant is discarding an infected pupa, and an infected fly is located on a distant tree trunk. Image credit: Zhuang et al., doi: 10.1098/rspb.2025.0407.

These fossil fungi from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber are from the same family as the zombie-ant fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which has gained widespread recognition as the inspiration behind the popular post-apocalyptic video game and TV series, The Last of Us.

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