TABLE 1.

The 10 closest matches to the ITS sequence of the fungus derived from UNITE v. 8.2 (accessed August 2020), showing accession codes, UNITE taxon names, similarity scores and percentage similarities and regions and substrates of origin.

Accession code*	UNITE taxon name	Score	Coverage (%)	Similarity (%)	Region of origin	Substrate	References
HQ211994	Helotiales	983	89	99.813	Low Arctic (Alaska)	Soil	Deslippe et al., 2012
HQ211950	Helotiales	983	89	99.813	Low Arctic (Alaska)	Soil	Deslippe et al., 2012
UDB0756281	Envir: Fungi	983	51	99.813	United States	Soil	Tedersoo et al., 2014
LC131017	Phialea	981	99	99.813	Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Japan)	Phyllodoce aleutica hair roots	Unpublished
EU529971	Helotiales	981	100	99.813	Sub-Arctic (Abisko, Sweden)	Soil under Salix polaris	Hrynkiewicz et al., 2009
HQ212087	Helotiales	977	89	99.626	Low Arctic (Alaska)	Soil	Deslippe et al., 2012
MN328304	Helotiales	974	99	99.811	Cool southern temperate (Falkland Islands)	Poa flabellata root	Unpublished
MN328301	Helotiales	974	99	99.811	Cool southern temperate (Falkland Islands)	P. flabellata root	Unpublished
MN328296	Helotiales	974	99	99.811	Cool southern temperate (Falkland Islands)	P. flabellata root	Unpublished
KF359562	Helotiaceae	972	100	99.440	Great Smoky Mountains (United States)	Tsuga canadensis root	Baird et al., 2014

*Note that UDB0756281 is deposited in UNITE. All other sequences are deposited in GenBank.