Table 1_Diversity and composition of root-associated fungal communities in critically smal

34,564 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) were detected in root-associated samples from Wenshan Prefecture, accounting for 87.76% of total ASVs across all samples. This dataset, authored by Mei Hua and last updated in June 2026, compares fungal community diversity and composition in the root-endosphere and rhizosphere soil of the critically endangered orchid Cypripedium subtropicum across different regions, habitats, and population types in Yunnan Province, China.

Use Cases

• Compare fungal community composition between root-endosphere and rhizosphere soil based on Illumina sequencing data.
• Analyze regional variations in dominant fungi (e.g., Mortierella, Archaeorhizomyces) across sampled habitats in Yunnan.
• Assess differences in fungal richness and diversity between wild, introduced, and seed-propagated orchid populations.
• Identify core fungal species (e.g., Mortierella sp., Fusarium solani) distributed across all sampled regions.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 120 samples collected from 12 distinct habitats, enabling comparative analysis.
• Analysis reveals a 0.33% difference in ASV count between root-endosphere and rhizosphere samples, indicating high methodological consistency.
• Clear regional patterns are documented, such as Mortierella dominating Wenshan samples and Fusarium dominating Kunming cultivated samples.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small in scale at 23.9 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Illumina Novaseq high-throughput sequencing of fungal communities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 06:15:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yunnan Province, China (Wenshan, Baoshan, Nujiang, Kunming).