Dataset of fungal communities observed on decomposing pig carcasses in New Jersey

This dataset contains estimated count data for fungal taxa identified using ITS metabarcoding collected from decomposing fetal pig carcasses placed in grasslands of New Jersey, USA.

FungiPigDecomp_Data.csv is a file that contains the estimated count data at the level of taxonomic resolution possible for each replicate, at each stage of decomposition, across three body districts.

FungiPigDecomp_Methods.docx is a summarized version of the sampling method relevant to interpreting the data.

FungiPigDecomp_Descriptive.txt is a file describing the column headers in "FungiPigDecomp_Data.csv".