A few weeks ago I was cc’d on an email of Meredith Blackwell from Louisiana State University. She had received an inquiry about an ectoparasitic fungus on a feather louse and had identified it as Trenomyces sp., a member of the Laboulbeniales. Here’s how it all started: Heath Proctor from the University of Alberta had … Continue reading A case of hyperparasitism on a Canadian woodpecker