For the very first time, a fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease that’s decimated bat communities in other parts of the United States, has been detected in Texas.
According to the Dallas Observer, pseudogymnoascus destructans, the disease-causing fungus, has been found among the tri-colored bat, the cave myotis and the Townsend’s big-eared bat across caves in 13 counties in North Texas. Fortunately, no signs of the disease itself have so far been detected.
Research associate and doctoral student with Texas A&M University’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Melissa Meierhofer told the Observer that so far the bats that were tested appear healthy. However, the fungus still has Texans worried.
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