
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Claridge, A. W. 
A1  - Trappe, J. M. 
A1  - Claridge, D. L. 
T1  - Mycophagy by the swamp wallaby (<emph type="2">Wallabia bicolor</emph>)
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 28
IS  - 6
SP  - 643
EP  - 645
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR00105 
N2  - Microscopic analysis of the scats of swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor), collected from a variety of forested sites in south-eastern mainland Australia, indicates that the species consumes a diversity of species of hypogeous (underground-fruiting) fungi. The mycophagous (fungus-feeding) dietary behaviour seemingly extends to habitats recently burned by fire, implying that W. bicolor may be critical in dispersing fungal spores and perhaps in re-establishing mycorrhizal associations of these fungi with forest trees and shrubs. Such an interrelationship has been previously demonstrated only for more heavily mycophagous species of ground-dwelling mammal. 
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