{"id":182978,"date":"2024-02-17T23:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T05:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/mushroom-sprouting-from-frogs-leg-leaves-scientists-concerned"},"modified":"2024-02-17T23:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T05:22:50","slug":"mushroom-sprouting-from-frogs-leg-leaves-scientists-concerned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/mushroom-sprouting-from-frogs-leg-leaves-scientists-concerned","title":{"rendered":"Mushroom sprouting from frog\u2019s leg leaves scientists concerned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mushroom-sprouting-from-frogs-leg-leaves-scientists-concerned.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sounds like the video game\/movie \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d though there was a somewhat similar X Files episode as well before that. Though I doubt it\u2019ll be a zombie plague, it could be like another pandemic someday or an issue such as a deadly fungal outbreak they had in Portland, Oregon before if I recall.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Scientists have been left concerned after making the surprise discovery of a frog with a small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/topic\/mushroom\" target=\"_self\">mushroom<\/a> sprouting from its leg.<\/p>\n<p>The amphibian was discovered in the foothills of India\u2019s Western Ghats and researchers stated that it\u2019s the first time a mushroom has been found growing on live animal tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund released findings on the species, known as Rao\u2019s intermediate golden-backed frog (Hylarana intermedia), in a new study published in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ku.edu\/reptilesandamphibians\/article\/view\/20966\/19496\" target=\"_blank\">Reptiles and Amphibians<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sounds like the video game\/movie \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d though there was a somewhat similar X Files episode as well before that. Though I doubt it\u2019ll be a zombie plague, it could be like another pandemic someday or an issue such as a deadly fungal outbreak they had in Portland, Oregon before if I recall. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}