Field manual of wildlife diseases: general field procedures and diseases of birds
Manual listing field procedures for bird specimen collecting, bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral diseases, biotoxins, chemical toxins, common and scientific names of birds, and glossary. Manual can be downloaded or viewed in pdf format.
(Score: 0.690)
Miscellaneous fungal diseases
Chapter of Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases on miscellaneous fungi with information on fungal skin and subcutaneous lesions or mycosis primarily in birds.
(Score: 0.690)
Truffles, trees, and biodiversity
Chapter from Our Living Resources on the importance of truffles and false truffles as food for many animals, distribution in the United States, and evidence for extinction of many truffles in the Great Basin.
(Score: 0.690)
Amphibian disease
Research on disease and amphibian decline focuses on amphibian chytridiomycosis caused by chytrid fungus affecting populations of boreal toads in Rocky Mountain National Park. Includes links to slide presentation and DAPTF research protocol.
(Score: 0.630)
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Definition:
Eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms. [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]
