Keratinophilic fungi from the nests of birds in Czechoslovakia.

Abstract

Studies were made of the occurrence of keratinophilic fungi in the nests of birds in Czechoslovakia. Sixty nests of 22 bird species with different nesting bionomics were investigated. A total of 11 species of keratinophilic fungi was isolated, Trichophyton terrestre and Chrysosporium keratinophilum occurring most frequently. Although the series of nests examined included many species the small numbers of nests of individual bird species did not permit more general ecological conclusions to be made.