Zombie ant: New mushroom species found in West Virginia to undergo testing
📍 Aftermath
{ "epilogue": "An amateur mushroom hunter in West Virginia discovered a mysterious purple and yellow fungus with DNA that matched nothing on record. A scientist in West Virginia subsequently tested the new mushroom genus to determine if it constitutes an entirely new genus.
The story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage regarding the final test results." }
Epilogue added 1h ago, after coverage quieted.
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Zombie ant: New mushroom species found in West Virginia to undergo testing WCHS · 9d ago broke it first
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