Um fungo de cigarra zumbi, Massospora cicadina, consumiu a extremidade traseira dessa cigarra periódica, substituindo-a por um “tampão” de esporos calcários. Matt Kasson

Os fungos podem realmente causar um apocalipse zumbi?

Nem todos os fungos são assustadores e, mesmo os mais alarmantes, não vão te transformar em um morto-vivo. O mais próximo que você pode chegar de um fungo zumbificador é assistindo a filmes de terror ou jogando videogame
A zombie cicada fungus, Massospora cicadina, has consumed the rear end of this periodical cicada, replacing it with a ‘plug’ of chalky spores. Matt Kasson

Could fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?

Be very afraid – if you’re an insect.
Para pengurai di tempat kerjanya: Jamur rak memakan batang kayu yang membusuk. (Craig Joiner/Loop Images/Universal Images Group melalui Getty Images)

Yang terlupakan: peran penting jamur menjadi penopang kehidupan di bumi

Jamur menopang kehidupan di Bumi, tetapi jauh lebih sedikit dikatalogkan dan dipahami. Tiga ilmuwan menyerukan untuk memasukkan jamur dalam strategi konservasi dan kebijakan lingkungan.
Decomposers at work: Shelf fungi feeding on a rotting log. Craig Joiner/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Beyond flora and fauna: Why it’s time to include fungi in global conservation goals

Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists call for including fungi in conservation strategies and environmental laws.
Campus shutdowns mean researchers must be classified as essential personnel to tend collections, like these fungus-colonized plants. Cameron Stauder

Scientists are working to protect invaluable living collections during coronavirus lockdowns

From fungi and flies to spiders and fish, living collections need care and feeding even when their human keepers are dealing with a pandemic and its resultant social distancing.

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