White-nose Fungus

Fungi > Ascomycota

AT A GLANCECommon Name: White-nose FungusScientific Name: Pseudogymnoascus destructansCategory: FungiSubcategory: AscomycotaSize: Microscopic mycelial colonies: 0.1–0.8 in (2–20 mm); Conidia length: 5–12 µmWeight: Microscopic fungal biomassLifespan: Perennial...

Blind Cave Fish

Fish > Characids & Characiformes

OverviewThe Blind Cave Fish (Astyanax mexicanus), famously known to evolutionary biologists as the Mexican cave tetra or blind tetra, is a celebrated freshwater characin fish belonging to the family Characidae within the order Characiformes. While surface-dwelling...