chytrid
Noun
Meaning
Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota.
(pathology) Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Lambert and Womack note that their reanalysis does not minimize the role the chytrid fungus has played in amphibian declines and that “chytridiomycosis has irrefutably harmed amphibians.”
It was found to protect salamanders against the chytrid fungus.
Relative to other threats that amphibians face, the role chytrid plays in global declines is also uncertain.
Scheele is hoping that areas will be found that are chytrid fungus unfriendly and have fewer frog species that can carry the disease.