“…Larger Bd zoospore size, larger zoosporangium size, slower growth rate and higher carrying capacity are correlated with higher Bd infection loads and higher amphibian mortality (Becker et al., ; Fisher et al., ; Lambertini et al., ; Piovia‐Scott et al., ; Voyles, ; Voyles et al., ). Bd‐Brazil produced the smallest zoospores and zoosporangia across temperatures, which may explain the lower virulence and infectiveness of Bd‐Brazil compared to Bd‐GPL and the GPL‐Brazil hybrid (Greenspan et al., ; Jenkinson et al., ; Rodriguez, Becker, Pupin, Haddad, & Zamudio, ). We quantified these phenotypic traits in vitro as the same stages of the life cycle occur within epidermal cells of amphibian skin as in culture (Berger et al., ).…”