Cordyceps, huh? An interesting choice! And ironically the subject of an article on Ars Technica that just dropped...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/parasitic-zombie-fun...

How is that ironic?

I'm guessing that the OP didn't know about the Ars article when they posted. Perhaps "serendipitously" would have been a better word?