Table 2.

Diversity indexes and richness metrics of culturable fungal communities within the three habitats in the Heshang Cave, central China.

Samples	Cutoff	OTUs	Chao	ACE	Shannon	Simpson	Coverage
	0.01	14	17 (14–36)	18.86	2.03	0.20	0.92
Bat guanos	0.03	11	21 (12–63)	26.32	1.74	0.25	0.92
	0.05	9	15 (10–46)	22.12	1.59	0.26	0.94
	0.01	11	26 (14–79)	49.64	1.91	0.17	0.87
Weathered rocks	0.03	10	20 (11–62)	35.44	1.84	0.18	0.89
	0.05	10	20 (11–62)	35.44	1.84	0.18	0.89
	0.01	46	104 (69–191)	263.75	3.41	0.05	0.61
Sediments	0.03	40	79 (54–143)	145.16	3.11	0.08	0.68
	0.05	34	63 (44–116)	191.55	2.86	0.10	0.74

Numbers in parenthesis indicate the confidence intervals of Chao index.