Fungal diversity and metallotolerant fungi associated with different coal overburden strata of Tikak colliery, Assam

<b>Graphical Abstract: </b>Cultivable fungal diversity of coal mine overburden strata of Tikak colliery, Margherita, Assam, India. It shows a photograph of the coal mining site as the background, fungal colony morphology in the upper section, and a graphical representation of heavy metal tolerance of the isolates at different concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, and Ni in the lower section.<b><b><br></b>Supplementary data S1</b>. NCBI-BLAST results of the nrDNA ITS sequences against the closest Type specimens.<br><b>Supplementary data S2</b>. Characterization of colony and cellular morphology of the fungal isolates obtained from different coal overburden samples of Tikak colliery, Margherita, Assam <br><b>Supplementary data S3</b>.<b> </b>Photo plates of fungal colonies