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> The newly discovered parasitic fungus has now been given its official Latin name, Troglomyces twitteri. It only took me until 35 to realize these official, s
by truebosko 6y ago
> The newly discovered parasitic fungus has now been given its official Latin name, Troglomyces twitteri.
It only took me until 35 to realize these official, scientific-sounding names are part useful, part researchers trolling us.
- swyx 6y agothey should have let Twitter name it too in a Twitter poll
- chris_st 6y agoFungy McFungusface.
- smnrchrds 6y agoBigus Fungus
- Izkata 6y agoBut that's not where this fungus attaches - something I'm sure the internet would've picked up on when deciding a name: > The fungi are in a class of their own because they live on the outside of host organisms, and even on specific parts of bodies—in this case, on the reproductive organs of millipedes.
- scollet 6y agoBoaty McBoatface
- athenot 6y agoThat would have likely ended in something along these lines: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboatface-what-you-get-when-you-let-the-internet-decide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboat...
- sushid 6y agoThankfully these are usually harmless (to us humans, anyway)and slightly funny. There are unfortunate ones like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog#Controversy_surrounding_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog#Controversy_sur... out there though.