Phylogenetic and distributional data on boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) in Cyprus and description of a new sampling methodology

Michael Loizides,Jean-Michel Bellanger,Boris Assyov,Pierre-Arthur Moreau,Franck Richard

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104115

Abstract

The data presented here was obtained during a decade-long macromycete inventory on the island of Cyprus and is supplementary to the research article “Present status and future of boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) on the island of Cyprus: cryptic and threatened diversity unravelled by ten-year study” [1]. A new, rainfall-based sampling protocol for documenting fungal diversity in Mediterranean ecosystems, is described in detail.

Highlights

Phylogenetic and distributional data on boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) in Cyprus and description of a new sampling methodology
The data presented here was obtained during a decade-long macromycete inventory on the island of Cyprus and is supplementary to the research article “Present status and future of boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) on the island of Cyprus: cryptic and threatened diversity unravelled by ten-year study” [1]
(2007e2016); field photos were taken with a CANON EOS DIGITAL camera; Microscopic studies were performed under a Leica BM E binocular, an AmScope

Summary

Data accessibility

Field data was obtained through surveying and sampling during a 10-y-period (2007e2016); field photos were taken with a CANON EOS DIGITAL camera; Microscopic studies were performed under a Leica BM E binocular, an AmScope. Thirty sites representative of all major ectomycorrhizal (EcM) habitats on the island were preselected and systematically surveyed following rainfall episodes, as part of a general inventory carried out on the island (see Tables 1 and 2 and Fig. 1). (2019) Present status and future of boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) on the island of Cyprus: cryptic and threatened diversity unravelled by 10-year study. The rainfall-based sampling methodology followed in this 10-year-long inventory, allowed for the coverage of a very large area across an extended altitudinal gradient and provided excellent yields of fungal diversity, including large numbers of previously undocumented and rare species. The data presented here is supplementary to the research paper “Present status and future of boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) on the island of Cyprus: cryptic and threatened diversity unravelled by ten-year study” [1], and was obtained during a 10-year macromycete inventory on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The known distribution of boletoid species documented on the island is depicted (Fig. 2), and the ITS polymorphism within the /Butyriboletus fechtneri sensu lato clade is demonstrated (Table 4)

Data collection and sampling methodology

Phylogenetic analyses