It’s garbage. The CDC is investigating due to a number of phone calls and unconfirmed reports, but the CDC has yet to find an actual case. All it takes is one trip to the CDC website to confirm.
Probably, but I’ve seen fungi do some really odd stuff in plants.
I could see someone getting some weird (normally harmless) fungi if they were on anti-biotics.
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