Some coprophilous fungi from Kenya |
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Authors: | Caretta Giuseppe Piontelli Edoardo Savino Elena Bulgheroni Anna |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dipartimento di Ecologia del Territono e degli Ambienti Terrestri, Sezione di Micologia, Universitá degli Studi di Pavia, Via S. Epifanio 14, 27100 Pavia, Italia;(2) Universidad de Valparaíso Escuela de Medicina, Cátedra de Micología, Casilla 92 V, Valparaiso, Chile |
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Abstract: | The occurrence of coprophilous fungi on samples of antelope, buffalo, zebra and hippopotamus dung collected from the Marula Estates in Kenya was recorded. A hundred and seventy three fungal isolates representative of 40 genera and 59 species were identified. Among these species, 23 were Ascomycetes (39%), 30 Deuteromycetes (50.8%), 5 Zygomycetes (8.5%) and 1 Basidiomycete (1.7%). Ascobolus immersus, Coprotus niveus, Iodophanus carneus, Lasiobolus lasioboloides, Podospora anserina, P. australis and Sporormiella minima were the dominant species occurring in the dung of these animals. Notes on infrequent or interesting Ascomycetes include Kernia nitida, Saccobolus versicolor, Sordaria fimicola and others. The interdependence of the vegetation of this area with the fungi occurring on the dung of these animals is discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Coprophilous fungi Kenya |
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