Mycophagy among Australian mammals

Australian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 251-275

  CLARIDGE, A W ^a   MAY, T W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; false truffle; fungi; hypogeal; mammals; mycophagy; mycorrhizal; nutrition; spore dispersal; truffle

Indexed keywords

FALSE TRUFFLE; FUNGI; HYPOGEAL FUNGI; MAMMAL; MYCOPHAGY; SPORE DISPERSAL; TRUFFLE;

AUSTRALIA;

ENDOGONACEAE; POTOROIDAE;

EID: 0028161761     PISSN: 0307692X     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1994.tb00489.x     Document Type: Review

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