\[ **BT: [[fungi#Sordariomycetes (Class)|Sordiariomycetes (Class)]] | [[parasites and parasitoids|parasitic fungi]]** ] --- # Hypocreales (Order) ## Ophiocordycipitaceae (Family) ### *Ophiocordyceps* (Genus) #### *Ophiocordyceps unilateralis* (zombie-ant fungus) [[A 'zombie' fungus enters ants in spore stage; it there grows and takes control of the ant's mind and body in the fungus's favour.]][^1] - see also: [[parasites and parasitoids|parasitic fungi]] #### *Ophiocordyceps sinensis* (caterpillar fungus) - see: [[caterpillar fungus]] [^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/.