FIGURE 4.1 Percentage contribution of fungi to the annual diet of nine

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FIGURE 4.1 Percentage contribution of fungi to the annual diet of nine small mammal species in the Pacific Northwest. Source: Data from Fogel and Trappe (1978). TABLE 4.3 Chemical Composition of Fungi in Comparison with Plant Parts and Meat

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Tuber malnosporum 11 2 42 8

Chestnuts 11 7 72 2

Butternut 28 61 3 3

Black walnut 30 57 6 2

Pecan 10 72 10 2

Hickory nuts 15 68 7 2

Filbert nuts 16 64 12 2

Nuts

Beech nuts 22 52 19 3

Meat Chipped beef 30 6 1 —

Source: Data from Fogel and Trappe (1978).