Data on the fungal species consumed by mammal species in Australia
S.J. Nuske,
K. Vernes,
T.W. May,
A.W. Claridge,
B.C. Congdon,
A. Krockenberger,
S.E. Abell
Affiliations
S.J. Nuske
College of Science and Engineering, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
K. Vernes
Ecosystem Management, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
T.W. May
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
A.W. Claridge
Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Nature Conservation Section, P.O. Box 733, Queanbeyan, NSW 2620, Australia
B.C. Congdon
College of Science and Engineering, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
A. Krockenberger
Division of Research and Innovation, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
S.E. Abell
College of Science and Engineering, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
The data reported here support the manuscript Nuske et al. (2017) [1]. Searches were made for quantitative data on the occurrence of fungi within dietary studies of Australian mammal species. The original location reported in each study was used as the lowest grouping variable within the dataset. To standardise the data and compare dispersal events from populations of different mammal species that might overlap, data from locations were further pooled and averaged across sites if they occurred within 100 km of a random central point. Three locations in Australia contained data on several (>7) mycophagous mammals, all other locations had data on 1–3 mammal species. Within these three locations, the identity of the fungi species was compared between mammal species’ diets. A list of all fungi species found in Australian mammalian diets is also provide along with the original reference and fungal synonym names.
