Al.	Alternaria
ALT-CFU/beetle	Load of Alternaria fungi per carabid beetle
ALTgcn/beetle	Alternaria DNA genome copy number per carabid beetle
CFU	Colony Forming Unit
F.	Fusarium
FUS-CFU/beetle	Load of Fusarium fungi per carabid beetle
FUSgcn/beetle	Fusarium DNA genome copy number per carabid beetle
gcn	genome copy number
ITS	Internal Transcriber Spacer
ITSgcn/beetle	Total fungal DNA genome copy number per carabid beetle
PDA	Potato dextrose agar
qPCR	real-time polymerase chain reaction
SNA	Synthetic Nutrient-Poor Agar
TOTAL-CFU/beetle	Total fungal number of colony forming units per carabid beetle
Fungal load	number of adhered or ingested fungal propagules or genomes, per individual or sample
Frequency	probability or number of times of the occurrence of a certain fungal genera or species
Abundance	Number of propagules or genomes of fungal genera or species per sample