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

Todd F Elliott; Camille Truong; Olivier Séné; Terry W Henkel

doi:10.11609/jott.4584.11.3.13415-13418

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

Todd F Elliott
, Camille Truong
, Olivier Séné
, Terry W Henkel

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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 <I>Elaphomyces</I> being eaten by an animal in Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13415-13418
Journal	Journal of Threatened Taxa
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4584.11.3.13415-13418
Publication status	Published - 26 Feb 2019

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