TIL that perhaps the first story about people being taken over by fungus ala "The Last of Us" was William Hope Hodgson's "The Voice in the Night". It later served as the inspiration for the Japanese horror film, "Matango". en.wikipedia.org Submitted by ContinuumGuy t3_10l4ua0 on January 25, 2023 at 5:54 PM in todayilearned 14 comments 89