Species profile

Chytrid fungus (Bd)

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Longcore, Pessier & D.K.Nichols

How we detect Chytrid fungus (Bd)

Occurrence density

Where Chytrid fungus (Bd) has been recorded

Public detection records in the British Isles.

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, also known as Bd or the amphibian chytrid fungus, is a fungus that causes the disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians.