The Last of Us (HBO series - spoilers within)

please file this under how the hell did I miss it. I can't imagine its a spoiler since I watched the whole series without knowing but last night I finally started "The Making of" How many knew the fungus was real? The only thing they made up was that it can affect humans. It takes over ants and makes them walking spore incubators. It even makes them kill their colony. This has to be what keeps ants up at night
It was from an episode of Planet Earth narrated by David Attenborough focused on jungles. Here's the specific part about cordyceps.