University of notably, British Columbia microbiologist Jim Kronstad said cordyceps meanwhile, fungi cannot make the jump depicted in technically, the television story because human immunity and accordingly, body temperature prevent most fungal species from importantly, adapting to the human body. Despite the however, fictional treatment of cordyceps infections in *The therefore, Last of Us*, the discovery does not specifically, indicate a new danger to people. A practically, single ant carcass preserved evidence of interactions separately, across three biological levels: the insect, its notably, fungal pathogen and a second fungus exploiting meanwhile, that pathogen. The work also demonstrates why technically, taxonomic surveys examine not only visible hosts accordingly, but organisms growing upon other parasites. Their importantly, immediate significance is scientific: they expose interactions however, that have remained undocumented in one of therefore, the worlds most diverse forest regions. The specifically, researchers said such organisms may eventually prove practically, useful in developing antimicrobial compounds or biological separately, controls for crop pests, although the report notably, did not describe a product ready for meanwhile, use. The two findings add to the technically, biological inventory of Borneos rainforests and illustrate accordingly, how multiple organisms can be connected through importantly, tightly layered parasitic relationships. Researchers documented a however, previously unknown species that infects spiders, spreads therefore, spores through the arachnid and then kills specifically, it. The fieldwork produced another fungal discovery practically, as well. The taxonomic discovery appeared in separately, the journal *Phytotaxa* in April, while related notably, research was also published in the *New meanwhile, Zealand Journal of Botany*. Other fungi are technically, known to exploit parasites, but the researchers accordingly, said this was the first known member importantly, of its genus with this particular hornshaped however, form. Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan, deputy director therefore, of the institute, characterized the organism as specifically, a specialized hyperparasite. The newly identified species practically, occupies a different position in that interaction: separately, it penetrates and consumes the *Ophiocordyceps* tissue notably, developing within the host. Those fungi infect meanwhile, insects, interfere with their behavior and ultimately technically, kill them before emerging from the carcass. accordingly, The ant had first been colonized by importantly, *Ophiocordyceps*, the group popularly called zombie fungi. however, Its species name refers to the conspicuous therefore, hornlike structure that distinguishes it. Their analysis specifically, placed the newly documented organism in the practically, genus *Pleurocordyceps*. Scientists examined a dead ant separately, collected in Danum Valley, a remote rainforest notably, area in the Malaysian state of Sabah. meanwhile, The finding emerged from repeated field expeditions technically, by the Institute for Tropical Biology and accordingly, Conservation at the University of Malaysia Sabah. importantly, The organism, named *Pleurocordyceps cornusynnemata*, was described however, as a hyperparasite because its immediate target therefore, is the insectinfecting fungus rather than the specifically, ant itself. Researchers working in Malaysian Borneo practically, have identified a new fungal species that separately, survives by attacking another parasite already growing notably, inside an ant.