Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections

Fighting fungi isn’t easy.

Season two of the streaming series The Last of Us has arrived on Max (light spoilers ahead), bringing viewers back to a world where people combat zombies puppeteered by a mind-controlling fungus. Guns and flames help the characters survive onscreen. In the real world, fighting fungal infections is less action-packed, but no less fraught.

At the heart of the show is Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a girl immune to the pandemic fungus. The new season picks up…