Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times Published: February 8, 2021, 6:01am Share: Sep 11, 2020; Yachats, OR, USA; An onshore breeze with fog begins to push away wildfire smoke inland at the Heceta Head Lighthouse won the Oregon coast. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher/The Register-Guard via USA TODAY NETWORK When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advancing flames, they may be churning more into the air than just clouds of dust and smoke, scientists s...