Lagenidium giganteum
Lagenidium giganteum forma caninum is a fungus-like organism that belongs to the genus Lagenidium. In some mammal species, it causes lagenidiosis, a disease characterized by progressive, severe, and invasive cutaneous, subcutaneous, and disseminated infection. Clinical and pathological aspects of the disease are almost identical to pythiosis. The first cases of lagenidiosis in mammals were officially reported in dogs in 2003. Since then, it has become increasingly recognized in dogs and cats as a cause of skin...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1273344.