"Many fungi are microscopic, even unicellular, and a tiny sample of biological material may contain hundreds that are hard to isolate."
Yup, there you go...
Wait, what about g-g-g-ghost mushrooms?!?
And I bet some of them grow only under really specific conditions.
Like inside people's eyeballs.
Is this for real?
The author really missed out on writing "they scratched every surface, but they haven't even scratched the surface."
Somehow reminds me of the anime Mushi-Shi.
Midichlorians... Midichlorians everywhere
So they're basically everywhere. Invisible. Waiting. Hiding. Lurking. Bidding their time. Until one day, at just the correct moment, their fungal hive mind will reach critical mass, and their assimilation of humanity will be complete.
They're Aliens!
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