Rats (Rattus norvegicus) have been found to eat the sporophore of the Gasteroid fungus, Phellorinia herculeana from the Indian Thar Desert, Rajasthan as new report.Feeding studies were used to validate the incidence, since rats were shown to consume fresh P. herculeana sporophore even when they were barely hungry.It is the first report in this direction.
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