Coincidence of Fungal Species Associated with Birds

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 1939-9170|59|3|438-442

ISSN: 0012-9658

Source: Ecology, Vol.59, Iss.3, 1978-05, pp. : 438-442

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Abstract

Associations of 41 species of fungi isolated form 858 samples (feathers, nests, pellets, and droppings) of free—living birds were evaluated using Jaccard's coefficient and a "half—linkage" clustering method. Eleven clusters of the fungi was established, 3 of which were singletons. Representative species of the individual groups were Alternaria alternata with Cladosporium herbarum; Chaetomium funicolum with Chaetomium globosum; Arthroderma ciferrii with Scopulariopsis brevicaulis; Aphanoascus fulvescens with Chrysosporium keratinophilum; Penicillium chrysogenum with Trichoderma viride; Arthroderma curreyi; Gliocladium roseum with Trichothecium roseum, Mucor pusillus, Aspergillus flavus, Gymnoascus reessii, and Rhizopus nigricans.