A fungus that normally infects trees caused an abscess to form in a man's neck. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

A man in India visited a doctor for a sore throat that affected his ability to eat and swallow. Doctors found an abscess in his throat, and it was full of a fungus usually only found on trees.

So simply plucking a dead man’s finger from the base of a tree doesn’t get rid of the fungi itself. “Fungi, in some regards, are immortal,” says Kasson.

Doctors diagnosed the man with Chondrostereum purpureum, a plant fungus that causes silver leaf disease in plants. ScienceDirect. Silver leaf infects the wood and leaves of some trees, causing ...