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A new ‘killer fungus’ has arrived the UK – but we’re not at risk of turning into zombies just yet.
Instead, the new arrival has raised scientists’ hopes for restoring our natural habitats.
The so-called moss die-back fungus kills a type of moss that is damaging the environment at an alarming rate.
The fungus infects the heath-star moss, itself an invasive species, that takes over and kills other plants.
It was discovered by Dr George Greiff, a scientist at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, four years ago.
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