Two new species of<i>Arthroderma</i>isolated from soil from rabbit burrows

Abstract

Two hitherto unknown keratinophilic fungi were isolated, using Vanbreuseghem's hair bait technique (1952), from soil samples collected from rabbit burrows and were also obtained from the hair of wild rabbits. The fungi are heterothallic and form their perfect states on keratinaceous bait on soil. According to the morphology of their cleistothecia they belong to the genus Arthroderma and are named A. cuniculi sp. nov. and A. multifidum sp. nov.