Pancakes won't turn you into a zombie as in HBO's 'The Last of Us,' but fungi in flour have been making people sick for a long time
- Written by Sheryl Barringer, Professor of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University
A human fungal zombie from the TV show 'The Last of Us.'Liane Hentscher/HBOIn the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video game of the same name, the flour supplies of the world are contaminated with a fungus called Cordyceps. When people eat pancakes or other foods made with that flour, the fungi grow inside their...