20mins2theRockies t1_jefo1sh wrote
Reply to comment by 7h0r in Kolkata (India) Man Infected By Killer Plant Fungus In World's First Case by vbcda
>Fungus can’t live inside humans very well, it’s too slow moving and our immune systems are too efficient.
Not really. The main reason fungi cannot survive in humans is because fungi cannot survive if it's host's internal temperature is over ~94°.
There is some concern that climate change/warming temperatures could spawn new, more resistant fungi that could adapt to human hosts
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