Table 1.

Genera, species, ITS1 length, and the percentage of fungi used in the mock community.

Fungi	IFMa	genus	species	ITS1 length/bp	Percentage of each species in the mock communityb
1	61908	Acremonium	Acremonium alternatum	274	4.1%
2	61916	Aspergillus	Aspergillus flavus	299	3.7%
3	54229	Aspergillus	Aspergillus fumigatus	302	3.7%
4	62238	Aspergillus	Aspergillus niger	327	3.4%
5	61604	Aspergillus	Aspergillus terreus	304	3.7%
6	40009	Candida	Candida albicans	256	4.3%
7	48313	Candida	Candida dubliniensis	258	4.3%
8	61949	Candida	Candida tropicalis	279	4.0%
9	62110	Cladosporium	Cladosporium cladosporioides	273	4.1%
10	57770	Cladosporium	Cladosporium herbarum	272	4.1%
11	50258	Cryptococcus	Cryptococcus aureus	228	4.9%
12	46660	Filobasidiella	Cryptococcus neoformans	239	4.7%
13	62224	Fusarium	Fusarium oxysporum	265	4.2%
14	62065	Fusarium	Fusarium solani	267	4.2%
15	47659	Mucor	Mucor ramosissimus	326	3.4%
16	5768	Nakaseomyces	Candida glabrata	520	2.1%
17	61632	Penicillium	Penicillium chrysogenum	293	3.8%
18	62178	Penicillium	Penicillium citrinum	257	4.3%
19	60598	Penicillium	Penicillium digitatum	292	3.8%
20	49446	Penicillium	Penicillium oxalicum	294	3.8%
21	47055	Rhizopus	Rhizopus oryzae	310	3.6%
22	48570	Rhodosporidium	Rhodosporidium babjevae	270	4.1%
23	40060	Rhodotorula	Rhodotorula mucilaginosa	270	4.1%
24	40022	Saccharomyces	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	483	2.3%
25	51186	Trichoderma	Trichoderma viride	301	3.7%
26	51050	Trichoderma	Trichoderma koningii	301	3.7%

^aIFM is the abbreviation for Institute of Food Microbiology. ^bEach percentage is the theoretical mock community abundance of each fungal species. The amplicons were mixed to yield equal amount of DNA (each was 50 ng) of each sample.