| the fungus trichophyton redellii sp. nov. causes skin infections that resemble white-nose syndrome of hibernating bats. | before the discovery of white-nose syndrome (wns), a fungal disease caused by pseudogymnoascus destructans, there were no reports of fungal skin infections in bats during hibernation. in 2011, bats with grossly visible fungal skin infections similar in appearance to wns were reported from multiple sites in wisconsin, us, a state outside the known range of p. destructans and wns at that time. tape impressions or swab samples were collected from affected areas of skin from bats with these fungal i ... | 2015 | 25375940 |