they are projecting jill wears the pants
not a soul in sight
mycelium
sounds familiar vvvvv
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5997133/Body-snatching-fungi-rise-sex-crazed-cicadas-contain-compounds-hallucinogenic-drugs.html
Body-snatching fungi that give rise to sex-crazed cicadas before ripping off their genitals found to contain compounds seen in hallucinogenic drugs
Massospora fungi are known to infect cicadas and cause hypersexual behavior
Infection causes males to attempt to mate with both females and other males
Spores grow inside abdomen until eventually bursting out, ripping off genitalia
Study found it contains an amphetamine and compound from magic mushrooms
By CHEYENNE MACDONALD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:30 EDT, 26 July 2018 | UPDATED: 17:31 EDT, 26 July 2018
It turns out insects can suffer from a bad trip, too.
Scientists investigating parasitic fungi that target cicadas have discovered traces of psychoactive chemicals in the infected insects, including an amphetamine and psilocybin, the potent compound found in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The infection leads to a horrifying outcome for the host; after the fungus takes root inside the body, cicadas begin to show ‘hypersexual’ behaviors, causing males to attempt to mate with females and other males alike.
Eventually, the spores burst through the infected insect’s abdomen, ripping its genitals off in the process – and, the cicadas continue trying to mate afterwards.
Scientists investigating a parasitic fungus that targets cicadas have discovered traces of psychoactive chemicals in the infected insects, including an amphetamine and psilocybin, the potent compound found in hallucinogenic mushrooms. A fungal growth on a cicada is shown
Scientists investigating a parasitic fungus that targets cicadas have discovered traces of psychoactive chemicals in the infected insects, including an amphetamine and psilocybin, the potent compound found in hallucinogenic mushrooms. A fungal growth on a cicada is shown
The new study led by researchers at West Virginia University investigated fungal pathogens in the genus Massospora, which can be found in both periodical and annual cicadas.
Previous studies have made note of the bizarre sexual behaviours that result from the body-snatching fungus, revealing how it causes males to flick their wings like a female would to lure in other males.
By causing the cicadas to mate with both sexes, the fungus can spread its spores more widely.
‘This phenomenon is the ultimate evolutionary arms race, where the host loses because they are rendered sterile or evolutionarily irrelevant by the fungus in order to spread the spores,’ explained University of Connecticut ecology and evolutionary biology researcher John Cooley following a study released earlier this year.
In the new study, scientists have pinpointed some of the chemicals that could be contributing to the infected cicadas’ activity.
The researchers analyzed the fungal ‘plugs’ that sprout from the abdomens of infected cicadas, and found psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids.
Among the periodical cicadas infected with the fungus Massospora cicadina, they found the plant amphetamine, cathinone.
The infection leads to a horrifying outcome for the host; after the fungus takes root inside the body, cicadas begin to show ‘hypersexual’ behaviours, causing males to attempt to mate with females and other males alike
The infection leads to a horrifying outcome for the host; after the fungus takes root inside the body, cicadas begin to show ‘hypersexual’ behaviours, causing males to attempt to mate with females and other males alike
The new study led by researchers at West Virginia University investigated fungal pathogens in the genus Massospora, which can be found in both periodical and annual cicadas. File photo +3
The new study led by researchers at West Virginia University investigated fungal pathogens in the genus Massospora, which can be found in both periodical and annual cicadas. File photo
And in the M. platypediae- and M. levispora-infected annual cicadas, they found the mushroom tryptamine, psilocybin.
According to the new study, these compounds could boost the cicadas’ endurance and suppress their feeding, allowing them to continue spreading spores even as their body deteriorates.
As the researchers note, the infected cicadas appear to continue on mating and flying as they would normally, despite their condition.
But ultimately, the insects die after being hijacked by the fungus.
it most likely succeeded
likely similar infection in sodomites and other assorted deviants
coincidentally the darlings of modern media
zombie fuckers
that shit most def would get in a human
it is the root of all disease
just wondering how much of the fungus queen's consciousness goes out with infected cicadas
they seem like a courier or somehow integrated
into the fungus-borg queen's plans
are they on a specific mission?
they can potentially deliver their spore anywhere
programmed spore
cleanliness is next to Godliness
nope
tryin it out
very recent release
Infected Mushroom - Shroomeez [Full EP]
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we have to kill it
a recent article
they know exactly what they are doing
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997998920/the-fungus-thats-making-cicadas-sex-crazy
A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered
May 18, 20215:24 PM ET
KAREN ZAMORA
A small number of cicadas become infected by a fungus called Massospora, which causes the production of cathinone — an amphetamine.
Matt Kasson
After 17 years underground, the Brood X periodical cicadas are slowly emerging in 15 states across the East Coast and Midwest.
They'll shed their skins and spend four to six weeks mating before the females lay eggs and they all die.
But some of them are getting wilder in their short lives above ground.
A fungus called Massospora, which can produce compounds of cathinone — an amphetamine — infects a small number of them and makes them lose control.
The fungus takes over their bodies, causing them to lose their lower abdomen and genitals. And it pushes their mating into hyperdrive.
"This is stranger than fiction," Matt Kasson, an associate professor of forest pathology and mycology at West Virginia University, tells NPR's All Things Considered. "To have something that's being manipulated by a fungus, to be hypersexual and to have prolonged stamina and just mate like crazy."
Kasson, who has been studying Massospora for about five years, says just before the cicadas rise from the ground, the spores of the fungus start to infect the bug. Once it's above ground and starts to shed its skin to become an adult, its butt falls off.
Then a "white plug of fungus" starts to grow in its place.
"It looks as if the backside of the cicada is being replaced either by chalk or by like one of those nubby middle school erasers," Kasson says.
The insects have no idea what's happening. The fungus, however, is "pulling the strings" and making the cicadas want to mate with everyone.
Males that are infected will continue to mate with females, but they'll also pretend to be females so they can spread the fungus to even more partners.
"It's sexually transmissible," Kasson tells NPR. "It's a failed mating attempt, of course, because there's no genitalia back there."
The fungus causes different reactions in different types of cicadas. Periodical cicadas, which take more than a decade between appearances, get sex crazy from cathinone. In yearly cicadas, the fungus makes them instead become hypersexual from psilocybin — the same chemical found in psychedelic mushrooms.
Kasson estimates Massospora probably infects fewer than 5% of cicadas. And as far as he knows, the bugs are not in any pain.
"Everybody's having a good time while they're infected," he says. "So I don't imagine there's much pain — maybe a desire to listen to the Grateful Dead or something like that, but no pain."
Karen Zamora and Courtney Dorning produced and edited the audio story.
bet that underground part is an hallucinatory matrix
they awaken and break free every 17 years only to remain infected
what's the great awakening interval on humanity?