Shell Lesions Associated With Infection in Freshwater Aquatic Turtles.

A newly described onygenalean fungus, , has been isolated from ulcerative shell and skin lesions of freshwater aquatic chelonians. To investigate the shell lesions associated with infection and determine if any lesional features were unique to . , tissues from turtles housed in zoological institutions ( = 45) in the United States and free-living turtles ( = 5) submitted for diagnostic biopsy or necropsy were examined.