DEADLY FUNGUS
The tale of the yarchagumba fungus in Nepal and the murder charges against an entire village’s male population is intriguing and saddening. The exact events of the Nar village murders will probably remain shrouded in mystery even after a verdict is handed out. It’s hard to believe that a caterpillar fungus could cause such a catastrophe to befall on such a remote village. The item on the incident appears elsewhere in this edition.