Table 3 Orders of fungi and their representation
Order | Number of OTUs | Description | Primary source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Agaricomycetes | 238 | Mushrooms and polypores | Outdoor |
2 | Dothideomycetes | 208 | Molds | Mixed |
3 | Tremellomycetes | 111 | Yeasts | Mixed |
4 | Leotiomycetes | 54 | Plant pathogens and saprobes | Outdoor |
5 | Eurotiomycetes | 48 | Molds | Mixed |
6 | Sordariomycetes | 39 | Plant pathogens and saprobes | Mixed |
7 | Microbotryomycetes | 35 | Yeasts | Mixed |
8 | Saccharomycetes | 19 | Yeasts | Mixed |
9 | Chytridiomycetes | 9 | Aquatic saprobes and pareasites | Outdoor |
10 | Wallemiomycetes | 8 | Molds | Mixed |
11 | Lecanoromycetes | 7 | Lichenized fungi | Outdoor |
12 | Pezizomycetes | 6 | Mushrooms and molds | Outdoor |
13 | Agaricostilbomycetes | 5 | Yeasts | Outdoor |
14 | Glomeromycetes | 3 | Plant root biotrophs | Outdoor |
15 | Taphrinomycetes | 3 | Plant pathogens | Outdoor |
16 | Orbiliomycetes | 2 | Saprobes | Outdoor |
18 | Cystobasidiomycetes | 1 | Yeasts | Outdoor |
19 | Ambiguous | 44 | ||
20 | Incertae sedis | 16 | ||
21 | Unclassified | 130 |
