Ecosystem Management, University of New England , Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia.
School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University , Bangor, UK.
Mycologia. 2020 Nov-Dec;112(6):1203-1211. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1790234. Epub 2020 Sep 4.
Many animals have been shown to eat fungi and most truffle-like fungi depend on animals for spore dispersal via mycophagy. Although these interactions are widespread, they are understudied in many habitats. In this study, we show that bonobos () forage and feed on an undescribed truffle species in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Based on morphological and molecular assessment of collections, we show that the species eaten by bonobos is a previously undescribed taxon described here as . This species is known in the local Bantu language (Bongando) as simbokilo and is used for baiting traps to catch several species of small mammals. Our findings highlight the need for further research into mycophagy and systematics of sequestrate fungi in Africa.
许多动物被发现会食用真菌，而大多数类似块菌的真菌则依赖动物通过食菌作用来传播孢子。尽管这些相互作用非常普遍，但在许多栖息地中，它们的研究还很不足。在这项研究中，我们表明，在刚果民主共和国的雨林中，倭黑猩猩会觅食和食用一种未被描述的块菌物种。基于对收集品的形态学和分子评估，我们表明，倭黑猩猩食用的物种是一个以前未被描述的分类群，在这里被描述为 。这种物种在当地的班图语（Bongando）中被称为 simbokilo，被用作诱捕几种小型哺乳动物的陷阱的诱饵。我们的发现强调了需要进一步研究非洲的食菌现象和隔离真菌的系统发育。
