And suddenly the computer it refuses to start. Curious as to why, you decide to open the lid of your tower pc for the first time. You stare in ecstasy at the huge board with the cpu, the fans, the GPU and the mushrooms.
Its user Reddit / u / thjake uploaded to PC Master Race subreddit pictures from an infected one GPU.
This is a tower computer that had been used for a month and on the GPU (card graphics) a mushroom-shaped fungus had grown. The mushrooms probably grew within this month and apart from the general lack of cleanliness the computer must have been in a humid environment.
The experienced user of Reddit / u / cheelos explains that the mushrooms seem to be Psilocybe cubensis, also known as magic mashrooms.
There are some details on how the mushrooms could have grown, but still comments written below thrjake has not posted anything else since uploading the images.
It is a bit suspicious and some users argue that if the mushrooms had grown on the graphics card then they would have to be turned toward the nearest light source and should therefore have been shot at 90 degrees.
No one knows the exact truth but one is certain. You should regularly clean your computer.