SPOROCARPIC ENDOGONALES AND GLOMALES IN THE SCATS OF RATTUS AND PERAMELES

Fifteen species of fungi in the Glomales and Endogonales (Zygomycetes) were recovered from faecal pellets of species of Rattus and the bandi coot Perameles nasuta in the Sydney region and from Rattus villosissim us in the Simpson Desert. Fungi were recovered in all seasons of the y ear. Most attempts to locate the fungal sporocarps at the soil surface failed. Many of the fungi formed mycorrhizas when inoculated onto see dlings in sterile soil.