n a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
Deadly fungus confirmed in bats at Alabama's Bankhead National Forest The U.S. Forest Service says two bats found in caves at the Lawrence County preserve recently tested positive for white-nose syndrome, named for the white fungus that grows on the muzzle and wings of affected hibernating bats.
March 31, 2014 - The Huntsville Times