Taxonomic notes on coprophilous fungi of the Arctic: Churchill, Resolute Bay, and Devon Island

Various dung substrates including that of arctic fox, arctic hare, arctic wolf, lemming, musk-ox, polar bear, rock ptarmigan, and snow goose were collected from the Churchill region, Resolute Bay region, Scogan Lowland, Sverdrup Lowland, Truelove Lowland, and Truelove Valley. These collections were...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Botany
Main Author: Booth, Tom
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
Subjects:
Plant Science
Arctic
Devon Island
Resolute Bay
Bear Rock
Arctic Fox
Arctic hare
musk ox
rock ptarmigan
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b82-141
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b82-141
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Summary:Various dung substrates including that of arctic fox, arctic hare, arctic wolf, lemming, musk-ox, polar bear, rock ptarmigan, and snow goose were collected from the Churchill region, Resolute Bay region, Scogan Lowland, Sverdrup Lowland, Truelove Lowland, and Truelove Valley. These collections were incubated and surveyed for coprophilous fungi. Of 20 taxa recorded Ascobolus stictoideus, Cheilymenia coprinaria, Coprobia granulata, Lilliputia rufula, Sporormiella bipartis, Sporormiella dubia, Sporormiella minima, Sporormiella septenaria, and a Zopfiella sp. are first reports for Arctic sites. Taxonomic problems are discussed in some detail for Sporormiella intermedia and Thelebolus polysporous.

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