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Chytridiomycota
(redirected from Chytrid fungus)

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Chytridiomycota: see water mold water mold, common name for a group of multinucleated organisms that superficially resemble fungi but are now recognized as having an independent evolutionary lineage and are placed in the kingdom Protista .
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Over the past decade, up to 170 species of frogs have become extinct due to the spread of Chytrid fungus, which affects amphibian respiratory and nervous systems.
Amphibian Ark by Dooley, Erin E. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Scientists first noted frogs infected with the chytrid fungus in Costa Rica in 1986.
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Years ago, scientists found that chytrid fungus (Batrachozchytrium dendrobatidis) had infected many dead frogs found in tropical regions (SN: 2/26/00, p.
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