Table 3. Stability analysis of fourteen candidate ICGs using NormFinder analysis.

Sample sets	Different strains set (A)		Different fruiting body developmental stages set (B)		Different growth stages set (C)		Total samples set (D)
Rank	Gene	Stabilityvalue	Gene	Stabilityvalue	Gene	Stabilityvalue	Gene	Stabilityvalue
1	SPRYp	0.049	SPRYp	0.078	SPRYp	0.071	SPRYp	0.094
2	ACTB	0.057	Vps26	0.131	Ras	0.208	Vps26	0.204
3	HH3	0.074	Ras	0.209	Vps26	0.219	Ras	0.209
4	L-asp	0.154	L-asp	0.240	UBQ	0.287	UBQ	0.279
5	Ras	0.175	β-TUB2	0.241	HH3	0.341	HH3	0.284
6	β-TUB1	0.178	18S	0.320	β-TUB2	0.363	β-TUB2	0.532
7	UBQ	0.273	UBQ	0.346	L-asp	0.517	L-asp	0.554
8	β-TUB2	0.316	HH3	0.393	18S	0.518	MSF1	0.636
9	α-TUB	0.335	GAPDH	0.505	MSF1	0.653	ACTB	0.749
10	MSF1	0.424	β-TUB1	0.582	β-TUB1	0.661	β-TUB1	0.780
11	CYP	0.442	MSF1	0.670	α-TUB	0.794	18S	0.849
12	Vps26	0.444	α-TUB	0.786	ACTB	0.811	α-TUB	0.886
13	GAPDH	0.458	ACTB	0.812	GAPDH	1.011	GAPDH	1.231
14	18S	0.587	CYP	1.077	CYP	1.192	CYP	1.300