The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was only discovere…
The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was only discovered in 1998, but it has been blamed for the death of millions of amphibians around the globe. It is aquatic, and its flagellated zoospores have the ability to use chemotaxis to swim towards an amphibian, where it burrows into the skin and secretes enzymes to dissolve and absorb the tissue.What phylum does this fungus belong to?