Table 4. Average percentage of the 19 most abundant fungal orders detected in each of the four soil intervals (n = 6 (±1 standard error)).
| Order | CT | CB | ST | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleosporales | 40.48 (10.53) | 18.91 (4.04) | 26.55 (5.08) | 19.40 (3.06) |
| Agaricales | 14.19 (10.44) | 24.19 (8.70) | 21.81 (12.95) | 9.79 (1.80) |
| Helotiales | 9.09 (2.64) | 16.27 (9.83) | 11.66 (2.98) | 11.31 (2.45) |
| Pezizales | 2.77 (1.77) | 9.45 (2.13) | 5.18 (2.86) | 24.79 (4.80) |
| Cantharellales | 1.30 (0.67) | 1.39 (0.93) | 6.52 (2.12) | 12.24 (2.24) |
| Sordariales | 3.26 (1.16) | 11.54 (3.20) | 2.47 (0.94) | 2.39 (0.48) |
| Coniochaetales | 7.09 (2.45) | 3.97 (3.22) | 3.00 (1.29) | 0.20 (0.10) |
| Hypocreales | 5.17 (2.08) | 4.66 (1.92) | 2.39 (0.70) | 1.79 (0.78) |
| Polyporales | 9.85 (9.83) | 0.02 (0.02) | 0.31 (0.29) | 0.56 (0.55) |
| Chaetothyriales | 0.84 (0.22) | 0.77 (0.41) | 4.63 (2.00) | 0.56 (0.25) |
| Spizellomycetales | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.28 (0.17) | 0.001 (0.003) | 5.15 (2.30) |
| Capnodiales | 1.63 (0.69) | 0.56 (0.25) | 2.74 (0.89) | 0.07 (0.03) |
| Tremellales | 0.15 (0.04) | 0.13 (0.03) | 1.17 (0.24) | 2.89 (2.27) |
| Eurotiales | 0.25 (0.08) | 0.86 (0.23) | 1.59 (0.78) | 1.12 (0.28) |
| Xylariales | 1.06 (0.45) | 0.53 (0.11) | 0.96 (0.71) | 0.40 (0.14) |
| Auriculariales | 0.11 (0.10) | 1.36 (1.36) | 0.04 (0.03) | 1.38 (1.02) |
| Microascales | 0.07 (0.02) | 2.27 (1.99) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.42 (0.16) |
| Teloschistales | 0.006 (0.004) | - | 1.28 (0.64) | 0.01 (0.01) |
| Acarosporales | - | - | 1.02 (1.02) | - |
All orders listed comprised 1% or more, on average, of the sequences from one or more of the four soil intervals. CT = cheatgrass surface soil (0–4 cm), CB = cheatgrass subsurface soil (4–8 cm), ST = sagebrush surface soil (0–4 cm), SB = sagebrush subsurface soil (4–8 cm). “-” indicates none detected.