Matthew Allender, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

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Matthew Allender, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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University of Illinois comparative biosciences visiting instructor and wildlife veterinarian Matthew Allender discovered that Chrysosporium, a fungus not normally seen in free-living wildlife, was killing eastern massasauga rattlesnakes in southern Illinois.

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