Photographs of snow algae that color the snow surface and the parasitic chytrid infecting snow algae (IMAGE)

Yokohama National University

Photographs of snow algae that color the snow surface and the parasitic chytrid infecting snow algae

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A) Green snow, B) Red snow, C) Snow algae (members of the green algae), which are the main cause of green snow, and D) Parasitic chytrid infecting snow algae. Parasitic chytrids causes host death.

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Yokohama National University

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