TABLE 3.

Comparison between morphological identification of fungi and NGS results^a

Taxonomic level: class	Morphological type	A1			B1			C1
		Morphology		NGS (% DNA sequences)	Morphology		NGS (% DNA sequences)	Morphology		NGS (% DNA sequences)
		No. of fungal particles/m3/wk	% fungal particles		No. of fungal particles/m3/wk	% fungal particles		No. of fungal particles/m3/wk	% fungal particles
Dothideomycetes	Davidiella = Cladosporium (C. herbarum + C. cladosporoides)	696	26.83	35.00	2,464	46.02	35.00	3,581	55.13	45.00
	Polythrincium (= Mycosphaerella)	2	0.08	0.02	3	0.06	0.00	7	0.11	0.00
	Epicoccum	12	0.46	2.00	6	0.11	5.00	19	0.29	2.00
	Alternaria	34	1.31	12.00	30	0.56	8.00	27	0.42	7.00
	Drechslerab	18	0.69	0.50	9	0.17	0.20	23	0.35	0.40
	Curvularia	0	0.00	0.08	0	0.00	0.10	2	0.03	0.01
	Tetraploa	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	2	0.03	0.00
	Spegazzinia	0	0.00	0.00	24	0.45	0.06	6	0.09	0.01
Sordariomycetes	Chaetomium	18	0.69	1.00	18	0.34	0.70	19	0.29	0.70
	Fusarium	0	0.00	0.06	30	0.56	0.30	0	0.00	0.20
	Xylariales	12	0.46	0.20	15	0.28	0.20	2	0.03	0.20
	Arthrinium	18	0.69	0.10	18	0.34	0.01	40	0.62	0.06
	Khuskia	18	0.69	0.01	39	0.73	0.03	25	0.38	0.01
(Ascomycota) Incertae sedis	Beltrania	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	2	0.03	0.01
Agaricomycetes	Psathyrellaceae	30	1.16	0.50	57	1.06	0.50	56	0.86	0.90
	Bovista	14	0.54	0.80	9	0.17	0.50	66	1.02	0.60
	Ganoderma	4	0.15	0.03	15	0.28	0.06	21	0.32	0.05
	Boletales	6	0.23	0.30	0	0.00	0.20	6	0.09	0.30
	Thelephoraceae	10	0.39	0.09	9	0.17	0.07	22	0.34	0.20
Pucciniomycetes	Pucciniomycetes	4	0.15	0.40	9	0.17	0.80	7	0.11	0.30
Ustilaginomycetes	Ustilaginomycetes	14	0.54	1.00	39	0.73	0.30	73	1.12	0.50
Subtotal		910	35.08	54.09	2,794	52.19	52.03	4,006	61.67	58.45
Others		1,684	64.92	45.91	2,560	47.81	47.97	2,490	38.33	41.55
Total		2,594	100.00	100.00	5,354	100.00	100.00	6,496	100.00	100.00

^aMorphological spore types with no representatives in either of the two analyses have been omitted.

^bData from the teleomorphs Pyrenophora, Cochliobolus, and Bipolaris and the anamorph Helminthosporium are also included.