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      Invasive Fungi Wreak Havoc on Species Worldwide [Slide Show]

      Human activity like trade has helped launch a deadly wave of fungal disease

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      Invasive Fungi Wreak Havoc on Species Worldwide [Slide Show]
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      • TOAD: Midwife toad mass mortalities in the Western Pyrenees caused by chytridiomycosis. Matthew Fisher
      • CRAYFISH: European crayfish plague caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci. Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo
      • PERCH: Climbing perch infected with the oomycete Aphanomyces invadans, causing epizootic ulcerative syndrome. Ali Reza Faruk
      • RICE: Rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae infecting rice. Nick Talbot
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      • SEA FANS: Sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) infected with Aspergillus sydowii. Drew Harvell
      • BATS: Little brown bat mortalities caused by a Geomyces destructans infection. Alan Hicks
      • TURTLES: Loggerhead turtle eggs killed by the fungus Fusarium solani in Cape Verde. Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo and Adolfo Marco
      • RATTLER: Eastern massasauga rattlesnake infected with chrysosporium. Courtesy of Matthew Allender, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Department of Comparative Biosciences, Research Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey
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