The outbreak that causes the entire world to collapse in The Last of Us comes from a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, and our non-zombie zombies come from this fungus and the infection it ...

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

And speaking of the Infected, season 2 will reportedly see the return of airborne spores, a hallmark of the video game series ...

Four Sigmatic has been in the mushroom business for over a decade, predating the current craze, and their latest coffee with The Last of Us is packed with organic cordyceps, organic lion’s mane ...

Here’s what the company says in its FAQ section under “Is Cordyceps Infectious:” Not exactly—but The Last of Us wasn’t entirely wrong. In the wild, cordyceps mushrooms do infect insects.

For those that haven’t played The Last of Us video games, spores are a manner of infection separate from the ones previously seen on the show. While humans can be infected by the Cordyceps ...