[truebosko]

> 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.

[sushid]

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.

[swyx]

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

[athenot]

That would have likely ended in something along these lines:

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

[chris_st]

Fungy McFungusface.

[Izkata]

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.

[scollet]

Boaty McBoatface

[smnrchrds]

Bigus Fungus