<b>Genome assembly of the </b><b>edible jelly fungus</b><b> </b><b>Dacryopinax spathularia</b><b> </b><b>(</b><b>Dacrymycetaceae</b><b>)</b>

The edible jelly fungus Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacrymycetaceae) is wood-decaying and can be commonly found worldwide. It has also been used in food additives given its ability to synthesize long-chain glycolipids. In this study, we present the genome assembly of D. spathularia using a combination of PacBio HiFi reads and Omni-C data. The genome size of D. spathularia is 29.2 Mb and in high sequence contiguity and completeness, including scaffold N50 of 1.925 Mb and 92.0% BUSCO score, respectively. A total of 11,510 protein-coding genes, and 474.7 kb repeats accounting for 1.62% of the genome, were also predicted. The D. spathularia genome assembly generated in this study provides a valuable resource for understanding their ecology such as wood decaying capability, evolutionary relationships with other fungi, as well as their unique biology and applications in the food industry.可食用胶状真菌掌状花耳（Dacryopinax spathularia，隶属于花耳科Dacrymycetaceae）为木材腐朽真菌，在全球范围内广泛分布。因其具备合成长链糖脂的能力，该物种还被应用于食品添加剂领域。本研究结合PacBio HiFi测序读段与Omni-C技术数据，完成了掌状花耳的基因组组装。该真菌的基因组大小为29.2 Mb，序列连续性与完整性俱佳，其中支架N50（scaffold N50）为1.925 Mb，BUSCO（Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs）评估完整度达92.0%。本研究共预测得到11510个蛋白质编码基因，以及总长474.7 kb的重复序列，占基因组总长度的1.62%。本研究获得的掌状花耳基因组组装数据，为解析该菌的木材腐朽生态学特性、与其他真菌的进化关系，以及其独特的生物学特性与食品工业应用价值提供了宝贵的研究资源。