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Ryan Fahey

Man's hoarse voice was caused by plant fungus disease which left him unable to swallow

A mushroom hunter has become the first person ever infected by a plant fungus disease.

The 61-year-old Indian man was left with flu-like symptoms and couldn't swallow for three months.

After performing scans, doctors found he had an abscess in his windpipe and in a follow-up operation they drained the pus before sending samples to a lab.

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