Table 2.

Description of significant fungal families from the HMSC analysis and relevant citations.

Fungal family	Larger taxonomic group	Increased relative abundance in	Known function	Citation
Pucciniaceae	Basidiomycota (Pucciniomycetes)	Shrub interspace	Rust pathogen	(James et al. 2006)
Phyllachoraceae	Ascomycota (Sordariomycetes)	Shrub interspace	Foliar parasite	(Silva-Hanlin and Hanlin 1998)
Rhizophlyctidaceae	Chytridiomycota (Chytridiomycetes)	Shrub	Cellulose degradation	(Letcher et al. 2008)
Pluteaceae	Basidiomycota (Agaricomycetes)	Shrub	Saprotroph, litter decomposition	(Justo et al. 2011)
Lachnocladiaceae	Basidiomycota (Agaricomycetes)	Shrub removal	Wood decomposition	(Cannon and Kirk 2007)
Auriscalpiaceae	Basidiomycota (Agaricomycetes)	Shrub removal	Saprotrophic, wood decomposition	(Larsson and Larsson 2003)
Thelotremataceae	Ascomycota (Lecanoromycetes)	Shrub removal	Lichenized	(Mangold et al. 2008)
Botryobasidiaceae	Basidiomycota (Agaricomycetes)	High elevation	Wood, litter decomposition	(Larsson 2007)