Pancakes won't turn you into a zombie as in HBO's 'The Last of Us,' but fungi in flour can make people sick
Published Date: 3/8/2023
Source: phys.org
In the HBO series "The Last of Us," named after the popular video game of the same name, the flour supplies of the world are contaminated with a fungus called Cordyceps. When people eat pancakes or other foods made with that flour, the fungi grow inside their bodies and turn them into zombies.