Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae)

Autor:	Todd F. Elliott, Camille Truong, Olivier Séné, Terry W. Henkel
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	elaphomyces fungivory truffles ascomycota hystricidae Ecology QH540-549.5 General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5
Zdroj:	Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 13415-13418 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0974-7893 0974-7907
DOI:	10.11609/jott.4584.11.3.13415-13418
Popis:	Fungi are an important food source for a diversity of animals throughout the world, but these associations have been poorly studied in Africa. In this short note based on an observation from the Congo Basin of Cameroon, we provide the first report of mycophagy by the African brush-tailed porcupine and the first account of the hypogeous fungal genus Elaphomyces being eaten by an animal in Africa.
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