Coprophilous myxomycetes of Brazil: first report

Authors

  • María de Fátima de Andrade Bezerra Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Recife, Brasil
  • Wendell Medrado Teófilo da Silva Mestrando em Biologia de Fungos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Recife, Brasil
  • Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti Laboratorio de Myxomycetes, Departamento de Botánica, Centro de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Recife, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2008.3.1021

Keywords:

Rabbit, horse, dung

Abstract

The aim of this work was to identify the species of myxomycetes associated with the
dung of wild and domestic animals in Brazil. Moist chamber cultures were prepared with
samples of the dung of the wild Brazilian rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) or horses (Equus
caballus) collected during 14 field trips to the Serra de Itabaiana National Park, Sergipe State.
Initial culture pH ranged from (3.8) 4.15 –4.64 (5.55). Fifty two specimens from 62 cultures
(34% positivity) were obtained, representing ten morphospecies, distributed in the families
Cribrariaceae (Cribraria cancellata, C. microcarpa, C. violacea and Cribraria sp.), Physaraceae
(Physarum cinereum and P. roseum), Stemonitaceae (Comatricha aff. mirabilis) and
Trichiaceae (Arcyria cinerea, Hemitrichia minor and Metatrichia vesparia). All species are new
records of coprophilous myxomycetes in Brazil. The reports of C. cancellata, C. microcarpa,
M. vesparia and P. roseum are the first records in the world of these species on the dung of
herbivores. This is the first citation of C. mirabilis for Brazil.

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Author Biography

Wendell Medrado Teófilo da Silva, Mestrando em Biologia de Fungos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Recife, Brasil

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de Andrade Bezerra, M. de F., Medrado Teófilo da Silva, W., & de Holanda Cavalcanti, L. (2016). Coprophilous myxomycetes of Brazil: first report. Scientia Fungorum, 3(27), 29–37. https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2008.3.1021

Issue

No. 27 (2008): RMM núm. 27 2008

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Original papers

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