| ITS2 | Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 |
| DNA | Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| dintra | Intraspecific Distance |
| dinter | Interspecific Distance |
| K2P | Kimura 2-Parameter |
| NJ | Neighbor-Joining |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| CTAB | Cetyltrime Thylammonium Bromide |
| IUB | International Union of Biochemistry |