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Coprophilous fungi in Africa: documented species and their distribution
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- 1. Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, Bambili P.O. Box 39 Bambili, Cameroon
- 2. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ngaoundere, P.O. Box 454 Ngaoundere, Cameroon & Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde P.O. Box 47, Cameroon
- 3. ECOTERCA - ÉCOlogie TERrestre CAribéenne, Université des Antilles, Faculté des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus de Fouillole, BP 592, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre Cedex, France & Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, BP 123 Parakou, Benin
- 4. Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde P.O. Box 47, Cameroon & Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde P.O. Box 812, Cameroon
- 5. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 67 Dschang Cameroon
- 6. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ngaoundere, P.O. Box 454 Ngaoundere, Cameroon
- 7. Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, BP 123 Parakou, Benin
- 8. Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde P.O. Box 47, Cameroon
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Njouonkou, André-Ledoux, Mouanfon, Zouberou Njiaghait, Aïgnon, Hippolite Lougbégnon, Tchamgoue, Joseph, Teponno, Rémy Bertrand, Mapongmetsem, Pierre Marie, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Kouam, Simeon Fogue (2025): Coprophilous fungi in Africa: documented species and their distribution. Phytotaxa 728 (3): 227-263, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.728.3.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.728.3.1
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