Skip to main content

Piptocephalis freseniana

Classification

Piptocephalis [genus] (1)
freseniana [species]

Classification

Piptocephalis [genus] (1)
freseniana [species]

Presence

Recorded on Saba
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Saba
Notes on presence status Piptocephalis spp. are obligately parasitic on other fungi, especially members of the Mucorales, which are cosmopolitan and frequently grow on fresh dung. On Saba they were found on rat-dung.

Publication

    Richardson, M.J. 2020. Coprophilous Fungi from the Caribbean Netherlands Island of Saba. Caribbean Naturalist 76: 1-9.