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Fungus in JTW

Intro

In "Journey to Where", Helena is suffering from an increasingly-worsening respiratory illness she fears could be viral pneumonia, on a primitive world which turns out to be Earth of some centuries before. She notices some fungus growing, and notes: "Fungoids are the basis of the barmycin range of drugs which were discovered just before we left Earth. It's the only known cure for viral pneumonia."

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