Fig. 4.

Comparison between PROTAX and expert classifications. The bars correspond to sequences that experts classified to at least the level of phylum, class, order, family, genus, or species. Blue colours correspond to cases where PROTAX yielded a classification consistent with the expert classification, and red colours to cases where PROTAX yielded an inconsistent classification. The brightness of the colour indicates the level of reliability in the PROTAX identification (reliable or plausible, see legend). We note that the number of families is smaller than that of the genera, because we have excluded cases where the experts did not provide a classification at the family level. Such apparent inconsistencies will appear for the many fungal orders where there are no well-established family-level classifications. In these cases, the genera are placed directly under the orders.