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THE hyphomycetous fungus Dactylaria (= Diplorhinotrichum = Scolecobasidium) gallopava (W. B. Cooke) Bhatt and Kendrick1 was originally described as a causal agent of encephalitis in turkey poults2. Because of new outbreaks of encephalitis of turkeys and chickens caused by D. gallopava (H. G. Blalock, W. T. Derieux, L. K. Georg and M. Ranck, personal communications), the widespread occurrence of D. gallopava in natural and man-made heated habitats should be noted.
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TANSEY, M., BROCK, T. Dactylaria gallopava, a Cause of Avian Encephalitis, in Hot Spring Effluents, Thermal Soils and Self-heated Coal Waste Piles. Nature 242, 202–203 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242202a0
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