Mucormycosis in the platypus and amphibians caused by Mucor amphibiorum

Mucormycosis in the platypus and the anuran (frogs and toads) is a serious fungal disease affecting these aquatic taxa. Mucor amphibiorum infection causes significantmorbidity and mortality in free-living platypuses in Tasmania. Infec-tion has also been reported in free-ranging cane toads and frogs from mainland Australia, but not confirmed in platy-puses from themainland. This paper reviewsmucormycosis in the platypus and anuran, including consideration of the clinical, epidemiological, pathological and diagnostic features. Mucor amphibiorum Mucor amphibiorum is a dimorphic fungus in the Mucorales order of the Zygomycetes class of fungi. Its sporangiospores, when found in infected tissues, occur as the yeast form (spherule-like structures, containing2–11daughter spherules) ordevelop into themoreusua