Studies of coprophilous ascomycetes in Kenya: Sordariales from wildlife dung

Abstract

In our continuing series on coprophilous fungi from wild herbivores moist chamber dung cultures from African elephant, Cape buffalo, dikdik, giraffe, impala, Jackson’s hartebeest, waterbuck and zebra found in Kenyan National Parks and Reserves were examined for sporulating coprophilous Sordariales. Arnium arizonense, Sordaria fimicola and Zopfiella longicaudata are reported for the first time in Kenya while Zygopleurage zygospora is a very frequent species on wildlife dung. Zopfiella affinis erostrata awaits further examination as it could be a novel species.