Mammalian mycophagy: a global review of ecosystem interactions between mammals and fungi

TF Elliott, C Truong, SM Jackson… - Fungal Systematics …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

A global review of the ecological significance of symbiotic associations between birds and fungi

TF Elliott, MA Jusino, JM Trappe, H Lepp, GA Ballard… - Fungal Diversity, 2019 - Springer
Symbiotic associations between mammals and fungi have been well documented and are
widely regarded as vital to ecosystem functions around the world. Symbioses between birds …

Redundancy among mammalian fungal dispersers and the importance of declining specialists

SJ Nuske, K Vernes, TW May, AW Claridge… - Fungal Ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Hypogeous sequestrate (truffle-like) fungi rely primarily on consumption by mammals for
dispersal. Most truffle-like fungi are ectomycorrhizal, making mammalian dispersers …

Evolutionary history of the sequestrate genus Rossbeevera (Boletaceae) reveals a new genus Turmalinea and highlights the utility of ITS minisatellite-like insertions …

T Orihara, T Lebel, ZW Ge, ME Smith… - … and Evolution of …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The sequestrate (truffle-like) basidiomycete genera Rossbeevera, Chamonixia, and
Octaviania are closely related to the epigeous mushroom genera Leccinum and …

Modeling mycorrhizal fungi dispersal by the mycophagous swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

MA Danks, N Simpson, TF Elliott… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of mammal‐fungal interactions, tools to estimate the mammal‐
assisted dispersal distances of fungi are lacking. Many mammals actively consume fungal …

Seasonal consumption of mycorrhizal fungi by a marsupial-dominated mammal community

C Nest, TF Elliott, T Cooper, K Vernes - Fungal Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
The temperate forests of Australia support a high diversity of hypogeous fungi and a wide
variety of mycophagous mammals, yet many mammal-fungal relationships are still poorly …

Seasonal fungal diets of small mammals in an Australian temperate forest ecosystem

K Vernes, T Cooper, S Green - Fungal Ecology, 2015 - Elsevier
Australian temperate forests support a high diversity of truffle-like fungi, and a rich
assortment of mammals that feed upon them. We sampled seasonal diets of four sympatric …

New Guinean bandicoots: new insights into diet, dentition and digestive tract morphology and a dietary review of all extant non-Australian Peramelemorphia

TF Elliott, KJ Travouillon, NM Warburton… - Australian …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Little is known about the diets and ecology of New Guinea's 14 bandicoot species. In order
to better understand the diet and digestive morphology of these marsupials, we reviewed the …

[PDF][PDF] A mixed bag of sequestrate fungi from five different families: Boletaceae, Russulaceae, Psathyrellaceae, Strophariaceae, and Hysterangiaceae

T Lebel, N Davoodian, MC Bloomfield, K Syme… - …, 2022 - researchgate.net
We describe several new genera and species of sequestrate fungi from different regions of
the world that belong to five different basidiomycete families. New taxa include: Amylotrama …

Camera trap detection of mycophagy among co‐occurring vertebrates

TF Elliott, K Vernes - Austral Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thirty camera traps were deployed for a total of 4179 trap‐nights between January and June
2020 as part of a project assessing post‐fire recovery of pademelons (Thylogale spp.) in …