Cordyceps sinensis, priced up to 2.5 billion VND ($102,000) per kilogram, is becoming a popular Tet gift in Vietnam, with ...

Fans of The Last of Us will be horrified to learn that a fungus that sounds eerily similar to the Cordyceps fungus that ...

climb plant and die. That’s when, like the cordyceps militaris, an alien-like stalk bursts out of the ant’s head to release spores. And if an unsuspecting ant strolls by, the cyclerepeats itself.