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Adiaspiromycosis in Tasmanian wombats?

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The finding of small spherules in the lungs of two species of wombats from Tasmania is described. An histological examination of lung tissue caused adiaspiromycosis to be suspected and the etiological agent was thougth to be Chrysosporium parvum.

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  1. Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague

    K. Křivanec & R. W. Mason

  2. Department of Agriculture, Mt Pleasant Laboratory, Lanceston South, Australia

    K. Křivanec & R. W. Mason

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  1. K. Křivanec
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Křivanec, K., Mason, R.W. Adiaspiromycosis in Tasmanian wombats?. Mycopathologia 71, 125–126 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440619

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