If you see this, post a monster. This was Chytrid, a monster from my webcomic Black Mudpuppy. He was a mutating sentient fungus with Hitler’s brain.
September 16, 2024 at 1:40 AM
If you see this, post a monster. This was Chytrid, a monster from my webcomic Black Mudpuppy. He was a mutating sentient fungus with Hitler’s brain.
You had me at mini frog sauna but was also hoping it’d be about a cure for chytrid. And it is! Eff chytrid.
August 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
You had me at mini frog sauna but was also hoping it’d be about a cure for chytrid. And it is! Eff chytrid.
If you're backyard is close to water, consider building a frog sauna to help treat chytrid!
August 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
If you're backyard is close to water, consider building a frog sauna to help treat chytrid!
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
A stack of bricks 🧱 or a luxury frog sauna? 🐸
Many species seek out these warm enclosures and, excitingly, regular visits on warm days can help fight against deadly chytrid fungus too. The fungus is sensitive to heat. ~28°C (82°F) is enough to limit chytrid growth 🧪🌏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Many species seek out these warm enclosures and, excitingly, regular visits on warm days can help fight against deadly chytrid fungus too. The fungus is sensitive to heat. ~28°C (82°F) is enough to limit chytrid growth 🧪🌏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.
www.nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A stack of bricks 🧱 or a luxury frog sauna? 🐸
Many species seek out these warm enclosures and, excitingly, regular visits on warm days can help fight against deadly chytrid fungus too. The fungus is sensitive to heat. ~28°C (82°F) is enough to limit chytrid growth 🧪🌏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Many species seek out these warm enclosures and, excitingly, regular visits on warm days can help fight against deadly chytrid fungus too. The fungus is sensitive to heat. ~28°C (82°F) is enough to limit chytrid growth 🧪🌏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
fuck the chytrid fungus
[a chronic & fungal amphibian disease]
[a chronic & fungal amphibian disease]
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
fuck the chytrid fungus
[a chronic & fungal amphibian disease]
[a chronic & fungal amphibian disease]
Science road trip to discuss chytrid, frogs + effectors 🐸
Fun visit with MeganOutram to learn all things chytrid from Lee Berger & Lee Skerratt - very interesting links between plant fungal pathogens and chytrid - excited to get this program going @biologyanu.bsky.social
#chytrid #plants #effector
Fun visit with MeganOutram to learn all things chytrid from Lee Berger & Lee Skerratt - very interesting links between plant fungal pathogens and chytrid - excited to get this program going @biologyanu.bsky.social
#chytrid #plants #effector
June 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Science road trip to discuss chytrid, frogs + effectors 🐸
Fun visit with MeganOutram to learn all things chytrid from Lee Berger & Lee Skerratt - very interesting links between plant fungal pathogens and chytrid - excited to get this program going @biologyanu.bsky.social
#chytrid #plants #effector
Fun visit with MeganOutram to learn all things chytrid from Lee Berger & Lee Skerratt - very interesting links between plant fungal pathogens and chytrid - excited to get this program going @biologyanu.bsky.social
#chytrid #plants #effector
Did a chytrid swab on the smallest frog of my life today I was shitting bricks
March 30, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Did a chytrid swab on the smallest frog of my life today I was shitting bricks
Our first Tham Lab photo with Megan Outram and Grace Jones @biologyanu.bsky.social
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Our first Tham Lab photo with Megan Outram and Grace Jones @biologyanu.bsky.social
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
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January 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I ❤️ doing chytrid swabs
I could live in a frog lab and swab these lil suckers all DAY
I could live in a frog lab and swab these lil suckers all DAY
July 27, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I ❤️ doing chytrid swabs
I could live in a frog lab and swab these lil suckers all DAY
I could live in a frog lab and swab these lil suckers all DAY
New paper from my lab (first author is Sonia Ghose): www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infection
Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infection
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New paper from my lab (first author is Sonia Ghose): www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infection
Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infection
A study found higher amounts of chytrid fungus in a frog species exposed to coalmine wastewater compared to nearby unexposed sites.
The mine company said any casual link between altered water chemistry changes and severity of infection was speculative
The mine company said any casual link between altered water chemistry changes and severity of infection was speculative
Scientists probe connection between deadly frog disease and coal wastewater
A study on the impact of chytrid fungus disease in Royal National Park frogs raises questions about regulation of coalmine wastewater.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
A study found higher amounts of chytrid fungus in a frog species exposed to coalmine wastewater compared to nearby unexposed sites.
The mine company said any casual link between altered water chemistry changes and severity of infection was speculative
The mine company said any casual link between altered water chemistry changes and severity of infection was speculative
Chytrid, or chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting amphibians with a mortality rate near 100%. It's the primary driver of extinction in 210 species and it's spreading rapidly. You can check if your area is affected here:
amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chyt...
amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chyt...
Chytridiomycosis
amphibiaweb.org
August 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Chytrid, or chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting amphibians with a mortality rate near 100%. It's the primary driver of extinction in 210 species and it's spreading rapidly. You can check if your area is affected here:
amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chyt...
amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chyt...
November 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM
What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of vertebrates in recorded history. https://cnn.it/4rgdzLz
February 26, 2026 at 3:58 AM
What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of vertebrates in recorded history. https://cnn.it/4rgdzLz
Matt Fisher describes research in Chytrid fungi and the translated importance of providing insights based on fungal biology research to policy makers. #fungal26
March 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Matt Fisher describes research in Chytrid fungi and the translated importance of providing insights based on fungal biology research to policy makers. #fungal26
Averting complete extinction of multiple frog species in Kosciuszko National Park requires a proactive response in the face of chytrid, says David Hunter. #ICCB2025
June 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Averting complete extinction of multiple frog species in Kosciuszko National Park requires a proactive response in the face of chytrid, says David Hunter. #ICCB2025
Cells have many ways to lose their #cilia during cell division or development. My favorite is chytrid fungi, some of which rapidly reel it into the cell. This is Chytriomyces hyalinus, 10x time-lapse. For what happens next, see pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33103844/
November 11, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Cells have many ways to lose their #cilia during cell division or development. My favorite is chytrid fungi, some of which rapidly reel it into the cell. This is Chytriomyces hyalinus, 10x time-lapse. For what happens next, see pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33103844/
Micrograph of a rhizoid gall caused by a chytrid on Bryum moss. The infected cell contains several zoosporangia, some of which have thread-like exit tubes that release flagellated spores. Chytrids are interesting fungi that mostly lack hyphae and have mobile spores.
September 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Micrograph of a rhizoid gall caused by a chytrid on Bryum moss. The infected cell contains several zoosporangia, some of which have thread-like exit tubes that release flagellated spores. Chytrids are interesting fungi that mostly lack hyphae and have mobile spores.
Happy Save The Frogs Day 2025!
We are protecting our amphibian populations by helping yellow-legged frogs fight a deadly disease called chytrid.
The group of frogs we will be releasing back into the wild this summer will include the 1000th frog we have treated 🐸
We are protecting our amphibian populations by helping yellow-legged frogs fight a deadly disease called chytrid.
The group of frogs we will be releasing back into the wild this summer will include the 1000th frog we have treated 🐸
April 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Happy Save The Frogs Day 2025!
We are protecting our amphibian populations by helping yellow-legged frogs fight a deadly disease called chytrid.
The group of frogs we will be releasing back into the wild this summer will include the 1000th frog we have treated 🐸
We are protecting our amphibian populations by helping yellow-legged frogs fight a deadly disease called chytrid.
The group of frogs we will be releasing back into the wild this summer will include the 1000th frog we have treated 🐸
Media coverage of PhD student Shannon Kaiser’s paper investigating impacts of coal mine wastewater on amphibians.
Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Scientists probe connection between deadly frog disease and coal wastewater
A study on the impact of chytrid fungus disease in Royal National Park frogs raises questions about regulation of coalmine wastewater.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Media coverage of PhD student Shannon Kaiser’s paper investigating impacts of coal mine wastewater on amphibians.
Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
