Table 1.

Comparison of three potential markers for fungal DNA barcoding

Marker	No. of isolates	No of. species	Mean sequence length	Mean intraspecific divergence, %	Range of means, %	Mean interspecific divergence, %	Range of means, %	Species resolution,* %	Mean no. of introns (approx.)	Mean no. of gaps in alignment
CO1	354	70	545	0.06	0–0.6	5.6	0–15.4		67.1	0
BenA	249	64	446	0.83	0–4.9	14.4	0.5–67.2	81.2	3	258
ITS	282	49	555	0.51	0–5.3	5.1	0–26.8		24.5	0

*A species is considered resolved if all of its constituent sequences form a monophyletic cluster and are distinct from other sequences.