Research Article

Integument Mycobiota of Wild European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) from Catalonia, Spain

Table 2

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

Prevalence (%)
Mycobiota
genus/specie
Spines valueFur valueOverall
Cranial area (Cr)Caudal area (Cd)Cr-CdventralFur-CrFur-Cdprevalence

Absidia2.23.3ns1.1nsns3.3
Acremonium24.226.4ns20.9nsns40.7
Alternaria47.336.30.01339.6nsns64.8
Arthrinium28.627.5ns35.2nsns42.9
Aphanocladium0.00.01.11.1
Aspergillus spp.38.537.4ns34.1nsns54.9
A. ochraceus 0.00.01.11.1
A. flavus 5.55.5ns5.5nsns8.8
A. niger 11.011.0ns5.5nsns17.6
Aureobasidium1.13.3ns4.4nsns7.7
Chaetomium4.45.5ns6.6nsns9.9
Cladosporium59.352.7ns51.6nsns79.1
Epicoccum1.10.00.01.1
Fusarium11.08.8ns15.4nsns23.1
Mucor11.014.3ns5.5ns0.03917.6
Penicillium59.348.4ns51.6nsns74.7
Phoma0.00.01.11.1
Rhizopus51.649.5ns28.60.0010.0263.7
Rhodotorula1.13.3ns0.04.4
Saccharomyces1.10.02.2ns3.3
Trichoderma20.920.9ns7.70.0020.00224.2
Ulocladium0.00.02.22.2

Ns: statistically not significant ( ).