Decoupling species richness and interaction frequency reveals how fungal interactions regulate wood decomposition

data0502_2.csv (dataframe for chemical analysis of Omphalotus guepiniformis wood blocks) data1120hosei .csv (dataframe for chemical analysis of Fuscoporia koreana wood blocks) for_kaiseki3.csv (dataframe for weight loss of wood blocks) initial_block.csv (dataframe for lignin and carbohydrate content of five representative wood blocks before incubation) Variables No.: wood block ID (#1–2248) We used 2240 wood blocks for experiment (8 remander) pattern: experiment (#1–28, including 5 replicates) dry_before(g): original dry weight of a wood block before incubation species: fungal species inoculated to the wood block pack: pack ID (#1–140) place: position within a set of 16 blocks in a pack (A–P from top left to bottom right) raw(g): fresh weight of a wood block after incubation raw_half(g): fresh weight of a half wood block after incubation dry_half(g): dry weight of a half wood block after incubation survive: fungal species reisolated after incubation water_content: water content of a wood block after incubation (calculated) dry_after(g): dry weight of a wood block after incubation (calculated) loss(g): weight loss of a wood block (calculated) loss_rate(%): percentage weight loss of a wood block against the original dry weight of a wood block (dry_before(g)) (calculated) tenemy: number of interaction surfaces with other species’ wood blocks (1–4) tmyself: number of interaction surfaces with same species’ wood blocks (1–4) spalted: presence/absence of zone lines in wood block after incubation (y/n) contami: presence/absence of contamination in wood block after incubation (y/n) livdiv: fungal species richness in a pack after incubation analycy: analysis ID (1–12) analyno: glass crucible ID in an analysis (1–30) enemy: competition species (0no, no competitor pure culture; 2Og, 2-species experiment with Omphalotus guepiniformis; 2Tv, 2-species experiment with Trametes versicolor; 2At, 2-species experiment with Annulohypoxylon truncatum; 4sp, 4-species experiment) way: simple, pure culture; half, interaction surface=4; large, interaction surface=8; small, interaction surface=24 position: position within a set of 16 blocks in a pack (A–P from top left to bottom right) (=place in for_saiseki.csv) BdryW: original dry weight of a wood block before incubation (=dry_before(g) in for_kaiseki.csv) decay%: percentage weight loss of a wood block against the original dry weight of a wood block (dry_before(g)) (calculated) (=loss_rate(%) in for_kaiseki3.csv) water: water content of a wood block after incubation (calculated) (=water_content in for_kaiseki3.csv) samplemg: subsample weight used for lignin/carbohydrate analysis (mg) sampleg: subsample weight used for lignin/carbohydrate analysis (g) lignin: lignin concentration (%) of the sample keiL: lignin concentration (%) of the sample (adjusted for artifact across analysis runs) ligninB: calculated lignin mass in a wood block before incubation (g) ligninA: calculated lignin mass in a wood block after incubation (g) ligloss%: percentage weight loss of lignin in a wood block against the original dry weight of lignin mass in a wood block (ligninB) kligninA: calculated lignin mass in a wood block after incubation (g) (adjusted for artifact across analysis runs) kligloss%: percentage weight loss of lignin in a wood block against the original dry weight of lignin mass in a wood block (adjusted for artifact across analysis runs) C%: carbohydrate concentration (%) of the sample keiC: carbohydrate concentration (%) of the sample (adjusted for artifact across analysis runs) CB: calculated carbohydrate mass in a wood block before incubation (g) CA: calculated carbohydrate mass in a wood block after incubation (g) Closs%: percentage weight loss of carbohydrate in a wood block against the original dry weight of carbohydrate mass in a wood block (CB) kCA: calculated carbohydrate mass in a wood block after incubation (g) (adjusted for artifact across analysis runs) kCloss%: percentage weight loss of carbohydrate in a wood block against the original dry weight of carbohydrate mass in a wood block (adjusted for artifact across analysis runs)