Comments on: A Killer Fungus: or a tragedy called Cordyceps

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:43:00 +0000

Live TV susre drives me mad. Dunno about resulting in me spreading infection though. Hmmm.

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:50:00 +0000

Amazing. Okay, maybe a tad gruesome, with the fascination of watching a train crash, but amazing.

I’m sure there’s loads of allegories/analogies there about things that drive us mad and use us to spread the infection. Consumerism, the finance industry, fanaticism (religious or political), addiction to pornography, live TV …

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:20:00 +0000

Lol, Jeff!

Although I shouldn’t be laughing. He’s still dispersing spores….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:40:00 +0000

This has happened in the U.S. at a very high level. The same type of fungus has taken over George W. Bush, which explains a lot.

JeffV

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:29:00 +0000

Firewords? Hmm. Ok, fireworks. Although firewords does add a certain something to the concept…

By: Madcap Machinist

Madcap Machinist — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:49:00 +0000

*shivers and takes a shower*

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:11:00 +0000

Yep, Cordyceps comes in all kinds…husband is giving a paper on them next week. Some of them look like exploding firewords. they are all equally murderous.

By: Madcap Machinist

Madcap Machinist — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:34:00 +0000

Are you certain that it is cordyceps?

The pictures of cordyceps that I have seen look like mushrooms (or, like in this picture, webbing)

I think that is another kind of fungus, but I'm no expert...