It’s the horror destroyer of fruit flies – a fungus that emits spores that land on the flies and infiltrate their bodies, says Sheena Harvey. Burrowing into the fly’s gut, the cells of Entomophthora muscae multiply rapidly and feed on the fly’s internal organs. Then they make their way to the brain. This is where the fungus takes control. The common fruit …
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