Floral-scented fungus lures mosquitoes to their doom In the battle against mosquito-borne diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, scientists turned to an unlikely ally: a fungus that smells like flowers.

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| #fungi | #flowers | #Metarhizium | #longifolene | By @univofmaryland.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social