Table 2: Prevalence of fungal genera and species isolated from different regions of wild hedgehogs.

Prevalence (%) Mycobiota genus/specie Spines value Fur value Overall   Cranial area (Cr) Caudal area (Cd) Cr-Cd ventral Fur-Cr Fur-Cd prevalence Absidia 2.2 3.3 ns 1.1 ns ns 3.3 Acremonium 24.2 26.4 ns 20.9 ns ns 40.7 Alternaria 47.3 36.3 0.013 39.6 ns ns 64.8 Arthrinium 28.6 27.5 ns 35.2 ns ns 42.9 Aphanocladium 0.0 0.0 — 1.1 — — 1.1 Aspergillus spp. 38.5 37.4 ns 34.1 ns ns 54.9  A. ochraceus 0.0 0.0 — 1.1 — — 1.1  A. flavus 5.5 5.5 ns 5.5 ns ns 8.8  A. niger 11.0 11.0 ns 5.5 ns ns 17.6 Aureobasidium 1.1 3.3 ns 4.4 ns ns 7.7 Chaetomium 4.4 5.5 ns 6.6 ns ns 9.9 Cladosporium 59.3 52.7 ns 51.6 ns ns 79.1 Epicoccum 1.1 0.0 — 0.0 — — 1.1 Fusarium 11.0 8.8 ns 15.4 ns ns 23.1 Mucor 11.0 14.3 ns 5.5 ns 0.039 17.6 Penicillium 59.3 48.4 ns 51.6 ns ns 74.7 Phoma 0.0 0.0 — 1.1 — — 1.1 Rhizopus 51.6 49.5 ns 28.6 0.001 0.02 63.7 Rhodotorula 1.1 3.3 ns 0.0 — — 4.4 Saccharomyces 1.1 0.0 — 2.2 ns — 3.3 Trichoderma 20.9 20.9 ns 7.7 0.002 0.002 24.2 Ulocladium 0.0 0.0 — 2.2 — — 2.2

Ns: statistically not significant ().