Video material – Uglylab.science

Chytrid infecting green algae

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.
Zoospores attack pollen

Chytrid zoospores attacking a pollen grain.