TABLE 2.

Variation of nutrient content and nutrient stoichiometry within taxonomic ranks of fungi, expressed as the mean coefficient of variation.

Taxonomic level	C	N	P	C:N	C:P
Order	5.48	37.39	41.20	42.65	58.9
Family	4.81	31.78	39.42	31.81	48.25
Genus	4.22	25.87	37.78	26.81	43.97
Species	3.83	20.41	12.66	20.48	15.26