Table 3. Relationships between the predictor variables pH, sand content and litter cover to the fungal community composition.

	pH			Sand			Litter cover
	var	F	p	var	F	p	var	F	p
Fungi	0.342	1.634	0.005	0.495	2.362	0.005	0.576	2.752	0.005
Ascomycota	0.300	1.381	0.140	0.430	1.975	0.005	0.563	2.586	0.005
Pezizomycotina	0.338	1.564	0.026	0.473	2.189	0.010	0.613	2.837	0.005
Basidiomycota	0.300	1.381	0.065	0.430	1.975	0.005	0.563	2.586	0.005
Agaricomycotina	0.408	1.750	0.015	0.588	2.523	0.005	0.656	1.816	0.005
ECM fungi	0.407	1.566	0.026	0.586	2.253	0.005	0.661	2.543	0.005

Results show marginal tests using the dbRDA model, where var indicates the proportion of the fungal community variation explained by the predictor variable. Significant p values less than 0.05 are indicated in bold.