Can the Quarter Step Infect Ants?

Hayden: I feel like there's a lot of concern that it's going to come over to humans and we're going to be royally screwed, but we won't. It's very, very unlikely because the fungus really likes cooler temperatures. We have much, much, much more complex immune system than ants. Thirdly, if you listen to the radio lab podcast on this, about six months ago, there's been a worldwide increase in fungi adapting to the new warmer environments with global warming. There's an increase in fungal infections in humans, putting them in hospital and killing them. And finally, fungi are our friends because they're part of the worldwide or the wood wide web