muscae infection ... including its brain. The spores fall on healthy ants below, starting the cycle again. Similarly, ...

In 2023 the Yale School of Medicine addressed the apocalyptic spread of the Cordyceps fungus in the series, explaining that ...

Joel brought Ellie to the Fireflies, a militia hellbent on finding a cure to cordyceps brain infection that has consumed the world. Ellie is immune to the disease that essentially turns people ...