Subject area	Biology, Forest Management
More specific subject area	Ecology, Mycology
Type of data	Excel file with four tables
How data was acquired	Aboveground myco-ecological surveys, microscopic and macroscopic determination, lab work
Data format	Raw (species data) and analyzed (environmental data)
Experimental factors	All visible sporocarps were identified at sampling site level
Experimental features	Total observed species richness, community composition, functional group species richness, environmental variables, vegetation abundance data
Data source location	Germany (GPS coordinates in associated excel file)
Data accessibility	Dataset is provided with this article
Related research article	“Forest conversion from Norway spruce to European beech increases species richness and functional structure of aboveground macrofungal communities“ [1]