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100 Years of Chytrid in Illinois

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd or simply chytrid) is the fungus responsible for the disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians. It has led to the decline and extinction of countless frogs and salamanders and even caecilians¹ around the world. Because of this it is considered to be “…responsible for the worst known epizootics in vertebrate history.”² Leer más.

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