Can Mushrooms Infect Humans The Truth About Fungal Infections and Global Warming

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So also there are mushrooms that can grow on human beings also. No. No. So right now fortunately that's not the case. The case is that they can infect insects because insects are not hotblooded that you know what but but humans the reason that we can't um really fight off a fungal infection when they get into us is because fungi are way too similar to to humans. So, if you get a fungal infection, really, really hard to get rid of. And people would know like um you know, if you get a a parasite on your toe, like a fungus infection on your toe, it's so hard to get rid of. Um but but if you get one in your lungs or in your blood, I'm I'm sorry, but it's almost impossible to kill because they're so similar to us.

The thing about fungi is that they don't tolerate our high temperature. So, really around 36 degrees is really too much. Um, but around 30° is kind of the edge of where a fungal a fungus wants to be and they can tolerate it a little bit harder. But this is what people are concerned about. And they brought a real concern whenever they made this HBO series The Last of Us. The whole concept there was that Cortiseps mushrooms thanks to global warming have adapted the ability to live in hotter environments. And that means that eventually they may be able to adapt the ability to live inside of a human because they can live in the hotter environments. But right now it's not true that that hasn't happened and it's not a worry at the moment. But if if global warming keeps happening, you know, global warming, if it keeps getting hotter and hotter, then that's something that mushrooms are known to adapt quite quickly to environmental changes. So, it's something that you could expect as a potential plausible outcome is that fungi could then start tolerating the human heat and and start growing inside of us. That would that wouldn't be very