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Two new fungi species that infect flies and eject spores out of a large hole in the insect's abdomen like small rockets" have been discovered in Denmark.

The new species, Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa, are host-specific and rely on two species of Danish fly - Coenosia tigrina and Coenosia testacea, according to researchers at the University of Copenhagen.