\[ **up: [[Fungi]] | [[Parasites]]** ] --- # Parasitic Fungi ## Ophiocordyceps unilateralis > [[‘A single spore enters the body of an ant. It grows into a mass of fibres that take control of the ant’s mind and body. The ant is forced to climb a nearby tree before locking its jaws and holding on to what will be its final resting place.’]][^1] [^1]: Allanah Mott, ‘[[Mott, ‘A Miniature Zombie Apocalypse’, 2021|A Miniature Zombie Apocalypse: How One Fungus Controls the Minds and Bodies of Ants to Send Them to Their Demise]]’, *Scientific Scribbles* (University of Melbourne), last updated 17 September 2021, https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2021/09/17/a-miniature-zombie-apocalypse-how-one-fungus-controls-the-minds-and-bodies-of-ants-to-send-them-to-their-demise/.