Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae)
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 a...
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| author | Todd F. Elliott Camille Truong Olivier Séné Terry W. Henkel |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-145847927a98473d91cc97d63cfcd9ca2022-12-21T18:51:26ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072019-02-01113134151341810.11609/jott.4584.11.3.13415-134184584Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae)Todd F. Elliott0Camille Truong1Olivier Séné2Terry W. Henkel3 Ecosystem Management, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tercer Circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.USDA, US Forest Service International Program, Cameroon Program, S/C UICN-CP, BP 5506 Yaoundé, Cameroon.Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, 95521, Arcata, California, USA.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.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4584elaphomyces, fungivory, truffles, ascomycota, hystricidae |
| spellingShingle | Todd F. Elliott Camille Truong Olivier Séné Terry W. Henkel Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) Journal of Threatened Taxa elaphomyces, fungivory, truffles, ascomycota, hystricidae |
| title | Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) |
| title_full | Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) |
| title_fullStr | Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) |
| title_short | Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) |
| title_sort | animal fungal interactions 3 first report of mycophagy by the african brush tailed porcupine atherurus africanus gray 1842 mammalia rodentia hystricidae |
| topic | elaphomyces, fungivory, truffles, ascomycota, hystricidae |
| url | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4584 |
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