First ever case of human being struck down by killer plant fungus: Healthy Indian mushroom hunter was left with agonising abscess in his windpipe

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March 29, 2023

An Indian mushroom hunter has caught a fungal disease deadly to plants in a world-first case, Your Content has learned.

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Man in India is first to have caught a type of plant fungal disease.

Scientists say 61-year-old caught chondrostereum purpureum from mushrooms.

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Officials warn of ‘urgent threat’ posed by highly contagious fungus,‘according to MSN.

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