Abstract
The larger bodied skink of the genera Tikiqua (blue -tounged and shingle-back lizards) and Egernia may be contributing to the maintainance of ecosystem health by dispersing fungle spores that form symbiotic relationships with most terrestrial plant species.We observed an Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides digging for fungi in a garden bed, which prompted us to examine the literature on the consumption of fungi by skinks. Our observation, together with a previous record of Tiliqua nigrolutea having consumed the fruiting bodies of truffle-like fungi (Webb and Simpson 1985), indicates that blue-tongued lizards can detect the presence of subterranean fungi and will readily eat them.
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