Phylum: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes
Order: Mucorales Family: Pilobolaceae
Species: Pilobolus crystallinus (F.H. Wigg.) Tode
Synonyms: Dung Cannon
Hydrogera crystallina
Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus
Common Name: Dung Cannon


A Zygomycete
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Pilobolus crystallinusPhotographer: © Donna Rainey
Photographer: © Donna Rainey

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bos domestic (2)
Lepus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dung (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
March (1)
August (1)
October (1)