Early chytrid infection stage on a motile colonial green algae.
Planktothrix vs Amoeba vs Chytrid
Chytrid zoospores and an amoeba "competing" for a Planktothrix meal.
Autumn in lake Stechlin
Snapshot of an autumn day in mesotrophic Lake Stechlin (Germany).
Zoospore release
A chytrid has completed its infection cycle on its desmid host Staurastrum. Mature zoospores swim out of the sporangium and will need to find a new suitable host to infect and reproduce.