Resident Evil’s Most Terrifying Organism Explained | Biology of "The Mold"

🕹 Get a browser that’s literally better at everything: https://operagx.gg/ThoughtPotato Sponsored by Opera GX! There’s something buried under the village. Locals call it the Black God. Scientists called it a mold. Neither word really fits. This is a field report on what happens when you get too close. Based on Resident Evil lore—but grounded in real science. Stick around. It gets worse. Cinematic Village shots provided by ‪@Flurdeh‬    • The Beauty of Resident Evil Village | Flurdeh   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the ‘World of Cryptobiology’ on World Anvil! ▷ World Anvil: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-cryp... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As seen in the thumbnail: Ever wanted your own cadou in a jar? https://grimreliquary.com/products/ca... Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses - https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmic... Precise mechanisms of a calcium-dependent kinase during the formation of new memories - https://mpfi.org/precise-mechanisms-o... Role of quorum sensing and chemical communication in fungal biotechnology and pathogenesis - https://academic.oup.com/femsre/artic... Quorum sensing in fungi – a review - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... Heterodera - https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... Nematophagous fungus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematop... Harposporium anguillulae - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harposp... Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:25 - Opera GX 2:58 - The Black God