Ep. 59 Fungus: The Good, The Bad, and The Zombie

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 11 a.m.

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This week we\'re doing our second episode about Fungi! Last week we talked about what fungi even are in a broad sense. This week we cover symbiotic and pathogenic fungi, like the famous Cordyceps fungi!

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Btw near the end of the episode Sean mentions carpenter ants farming fungi -- they don\'t. That\'s more like leafcutter ants. Carpenter ants *do* farm aphids, but that shit is different.

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https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.13371

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0303264775900234

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28920-x

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https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/2/230

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00572-020-00948-w.pdf

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12731-7

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.01068/full

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http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet

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https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web/

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