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 | 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 |
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Ns: statistically not significant ().
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