Grassland Fungi Spore and Fruiting Body Survey Data for eDNA Monitoring

A species-rich grassland site was surveyed for macrofungi, yielding 29 waxcap and clavarioid species. The dataset includes 3,838 GPS points for fruiting body locations and airborne eDNA results for 19 of those species. Resources were compiled by ENVIDAT in 2023 to support a published case study on fungal monitoring.

Use Cases

• Validate airborne eDNA detection methods based on ground-truthed fruiting body surveys.
• Analyze spatial distribution of grassland fungi based on 3,838 GPS points.
• Compare detection rates of common versus rare/threatened fungal species in air samples.
• Reproduce bioinformatics analyses using provided R-Markdown scripts and pipeline source code.

Strengths

• Includes 3,838 precise GPS points for fruiting body locations.
• Links eDNA detection results for 19 species to extensive ground surveys of 29 species.
• Provides complete analysis scripts and pipeline source code for reproducibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2023-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

ENVIDAT

Collection Method

Airborne eDNA sampling combined with extensive fruiting body surveys at a grassland site.

Freshness

2023-01-01

Geography

A species-rich grassland site (specific location not stated).