Table 2. An overview of the taxonomic composition of endophytic fungal communities found in four plant species in the Ny-Ålesund region, Svalbard.
| % of reads | % of OTUs | Cassiope tetragona | Saxifraga cepitosa | Saxifraga oppositifolia | Silene acaulis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascomycota | 78.83 | 76.00 | 98.23 | 69.37 | 70.23 | 78.34 |
| Dothideomycetes | 35.76 | 23.20 | 39.38 | 28.81 | 26.68 | 68.88 |
| Capnodiales | 5.11 | 8.80 | 9.55 | 1.75 | 6.96 | 0.15 |
| Dothideales | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | - |
| Hysteriales | 4.19 | 2.00 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.91 | 34.42 |
| Pleosporales | 19.62 | 11.20 | 5.55 | 26.99 | 18.80 | 34.30 |
| Venturiales | 6.83 | 0.80 | 23.87 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Eurotiomycetes | 0.64 | 4.80 | 1.75 | 0.38 | 0.03 | - |
| Chaetothyriales | 0.63 | 4.40 | 1.75 | 0.37 | 0.01 | - |
| Verrucariales | 0.01 | 0.40 | - | 0.01 | 0.02 | - |
| Leotiomycetes | 22.18 | 25.60 | 11.41 | 38.60 | 17.09 | 9.34 |
| Helotiales | 22.14 | 24.80 | 11.39 | 38.53 | 17.04 | 9.33 |
| Thelebolales | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 | - |
| Phacidiales | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Lecanoromycetes | 0.01 | 0.40 | - | 0.03 | - | - |
| Lecanorales | 0.01 | 0.40 | - | 0.03 | - | - |
| Saccharomycetes | 0.13 | 1.60 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Saccharomycetales | 0.13 | 1.60 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Sordariomycetes | 7.52 | 6.40 | 7.71 | 0.73 | 20.17 | 0.04 |
| Diaporthales | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.06 | - | - | - |
| Microascales | 0.51 | 1.60 | - | 0.43 | 1.42 | - |
| Xylariales | 6.99 | 4.40 | 7.65 | 0.30 | 18.75 | 0.04 |
| Pezizomycetes | 1.40 | 0.40 | 4.71 | - | 0.20 | 0.05 |
| Pezizales | 1.40 | 0.40 | 4.71 | - | 0.20 | 0.05 |
| Unknown Ascomycota | 11.19 | 13.60 | 33.11 | 0.62 | 6.02 | 0.01 |
| Basidiomycota | 19.36 | 20.00 | 1.44 | 30.2 | 26.55 | 14.40 |
| Agaricomycetes | 1.28 | 2.80 | 0.95 | 1.31 | 0.01 | 4.77 |
| Agaricales | 0.03 | 0.80 | - | 0.07 | - | - |
| Sebacinales | 1.24 | 1.60 | 0.95 | 1.24 | - | 4.77 |
| Thelephorales | 0.01 | 0.40 | - | - | 0.01 | - |
| Agaricostilbomyces | 0.03 | 0.80 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | |
| Agaricostillbales | 0.03 | 0.80 | - | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Cystobasidiomycetes | 0.04 | 0.80 | - | - | 0.16 | - |
| Erythrobasidiales | 0.03 | 0.40 | - | - | 0.12 | - |
| Naohideales | 0.01 | 0.40 | - | - | 0.04 | - |
| Microbotryomycetes | 0.06 | 0.40 | - | 0.04 | - | 0.43 |
| Leucosporidiales | 0.06 | 0.40 | - | 0.04 | - | 0.43 |
| Pucciniomycetes | 5.70 | 3.20 | - | 2.83 | 18.77 | - |
| Pucciniales | 5.70 | 3.20 | - | 2.83 | 18.77 | - |
| Tremellomycetes | 12.15 | 10.00 | 0.18 | 26.04 | 7.55 | 9.14 |
| Cystofilobasidiales | 3.43 | 2.40 | 0.02 | 4.93 | 6.62 | 0.21 |
| Tremellales | 8.70 | 7.20 | 0.15 | 21.11 | 0.86 | 8.93 |
| Trichosporonales | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.01 | - | 0.07 | - |
| Unknown Basidiomycota | 0.10 | 2.00 | 0.31 | - | 0.05 | - |
| Chytridiomycota | 0.36 | 0.40 | - | - | 1.44 | - |
| Chytridiomycetes | 0.36 | 0.40 | - | - | 1.44 | - |
| Chytridiales | 0.36 | 0.40 | - | - | 1.44 | - |
| Unknown fungi | 1.48 | 3.60 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 1.79 | 7.25 |
The second and third columns indicate the percentage of total OTUs and the total number of reads across the host species, respectively. The last four columns provide a taxonomic overview of the fungal communities found in each of the four plant species, which are represented as the percentage of sequence reads.