Table 1 in Characterizing Crustose Lichen Communities-DNA Metabarcoding Reveals More than Meets the Eye

Table 1. Summary of the four distinct sampling efforts, including the sample name, a description of the participants within each team, and number of reads resulting from the amplicon sequencing using Illumina’s MiSeq, and the number of lichen-forming clusters and candidate species represented by ≥5 reads. Sample NameSampling Team# of Reads# Lichen-Forming Fungal Clusters /Species“TECH1”technician A & technician B—March 202248,051119/93“TECH2”technician C & technician D—March 202245,328120/102“PROF1”professional (SDL) & technician F—March 202253,492191/142“PROF2”professional (SDL), technician G & technician H—May 2022127,049320/158Totalcomposite of all sampling efforts273,920473/212