Chytridiomycota are largely aquatic or semiaquatic and usually have swimming stages in their life cycles.

The chytrid fungus, which is fatal to amphibians, has been detected in Madagascar for the first time.

However, an analysis of the latest series of tests shows that the chytrid fungus also poses a threat to amphibians in Madagascar.

Approximately 51 % of all registered neomycetes belong to the group of tubular fungi (ascomycetes), 36 % to the basidiomycetes and the rest to the egg fungi (oomycetes, 13 %) and the flagellate fungi (chytridiomycetes, < 1 %).