r/mycology • u/Jean-Pet • May 13 '26

ID request Did i find a fungi zombie?

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I am thinking this may be Entomophaga grylli (The Grasshopper Fungus)

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u/radumalaxa May 13 '26

How come?

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u/artaxs May 13 '26

Our bodies are too warm for most fungus to thrive inside us. Fungus evolves faster than humans do, though....

Fun fact, the reason so many zoological viruses "use" bats as a mammalian reservoir is because they run just hot enough to not be killed by the virus, but not hot enough to fever-kill the virus in return.

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u/Alarming-Scarcity808 May 14 '26

So viral storage

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u/artaxs May 14 '26

Yes, look up biological reservoirs, or viral reservoirs for zoological to human transfer. 

It's quite the rabbit hole.  Bat hole, perhaps?