Something I’ve noticed happen a number of times now: users will upload an observation with an ID of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans . I’ve seen this happen for a wide range of different taxa (all very obviously not a salamander fungus), everything from plants to fish to insects, and across many dif…

This might be tied to the new update where the computer adds and ID based on the filename. If they have Bd or Bsal in the filename name, that would cause the ID. And if they didn’t check the ID, it can go up as is. There is a discussion on it somewhere on the forum, but I can’t find it right now.

Salamander Chytrid (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans) appearing as an ID on wide range of observations

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thebeachcomber February 25, 2020, 2:47am 4

Discussion here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-uploading-with-random-species/8248/18

My apologies for duplicating, can close this thread

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Salamander Chytrid (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans) appearing as an ID on wide range of observations

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