Cordyceps
- Author
- Meredith Hemphill
- Published
- Sat 19 Apr 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meredith-hemphill/episodes/Cordyceps-e31nk8n
Watch the real-life Zombie Fungus in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- https://screenrant.com/girl-all-gifts-fungal-infection-hungries-explained/
- https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/cordyceps
- Interkingdom host jumping underground: Phylogenetic analysis of entomoparasitic fungi of the genus Cordyceps by Naruo Nikoh and Takema Fukatsu (2000). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17(4), pg. 629-638. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026341
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/but-not-simpler/the-fungus-that-reduced-humanity-to-the-last-of-us/
- https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/cordyceps
- Unique bioactives from Zombie Fungus (Cordyceps) as promising multitargeted neuroprotective agents by Himadri Sharma, Niti Sharma, and Seong Soo A An (2023). Nutrients, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16010102
- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cordyceps-benefits
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps
