Bat Fungus Potentially Detected at Grand Canyon
December 04, 2019
December 04, 2019
GRAND CANYON, Arizona, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release:
The fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) has potentially been detected on a fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) at Grand Canyon National Park. The bat was captured and sampled for the fungus in April 2019 during routine surveillance by park biologists.
Pd is a fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), which is a deadly disease for bats . . .
The fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) has potentially been detected on a fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) at Grand Canyon National Park. The bat was captured and sampled for the fungus in April 2019 during routine surveillance by park biologists.
Pd is a fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), which is a deadly disease for bats . . .