Table 1.
Diversity and distribution of Termitomyces species and their respective host termite in Côte d’Ivoire.
| Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Forest zone (TNP) |
Guinean zone |
Sudano-Guinean zone (CNP) |
|
| Termitomyces species | Host termites | MNP | LR | ||
| Termitomyces letestui (Pat.) R. Heim | Pseudacanthotermes militaris | X | X | ||
| Termitomyces medius R. Heim & Grassé | Ancistrotermes cavithorax/A. guineensis | X | X | X | X |
| Termitomyces fuliginosus R. Heim | Odontotermes sp2 | X | X | X | |
| Termitomyces schimperi (Pat.) R. Heim | Macrotermes subhyalinus | X | |||
| Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broom) Heim | Odontotermes sp1 | X | X | ||
| Termitomyces eurhizus (Berk.) R. Heim | Acanthotermes acanthothorax | X | |||
| Termitomyces cf. clypeatus R. Heim | Ancistrotermes guineensis | X | |||
| Termitomyces aurantiacus (R. Heim) R. Heim | Odontotermes sp5 | X | |||
| Termitomyces cf. striatus (Beeli) Heim | Ancistrotermes cavithorax | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp1 | Pseudacanthotermes minor | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp2 | Odontotermes sp4 | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp3 | Pseudacanthotermes spiniger | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp4 | Undetermined | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp5 | Ancistrotermes sp. | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp6 | Undetermined | X | |||
| Termitomyces sp7 | Odontotermes sp3 | X | |||
| Total | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | |
Abbreviations: CNP = Comoe National Park; LR = Lamto Reserve; MNP = Marahoue National Park; TNP = Taï National Park; Bold entries correspond to fungal species exclusively found in a single phytogeographical zone.