A cluster of rare fungal infections was found in two pet cats and a vet who treated them, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday in a report in the journal Emerging ...

A single lineage of fungi decomposes the leaf fragments and grows as a fungal crop. The industrial-scale leave-cutting supports the ants' farming industry. The study suggests that these abdominal ...

Unlike most fungal infections, sporotrichosis can be transmitted zoonotically, with infected cats being a primary source of human infection through scratches, bites, or contact with secretions.

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This one is equally horrible in a different way. The fungus infects cicadas, then eats away their abdomen and genitals, replacing them with a plug of fungus covered in spores. Then it causes the ...

The report comes as the CDC is monitoring the spread of a similar fungal infection, also in cats, in South America. That infection is spread by a related fungus called Sporothrix brasiliensis and ...