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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, scientific-sounding names are part useful, part researchers trolling us.

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Thankfully these are usually harmless (to us humans, anyway)and slightly funny. There are unfortunate ones like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog#Controversy_sur... out there though.

they should have let Twitter name it too in a Twitter poll

Fungy McFungusface.

Bigus Fungus

But 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.

Boaty McBoatface

That would have likely ended in something along these lines:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboat...

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