Supplementary data Table S1. Soil-chemistry of Mongolian oak-dominant forest soil by season and soil-layers

Season / Soil-layer / pH / Exch. K
(mg/kg) / T-P
(mg/kg) / NH4+
(mg/kg) / NO3- / OM
(%) / WR
(%) / TOC
(%) / T-N
(%) / C/N ratioa
Apr. / L-layer / 4.2 / 70.9 / 294.6 / 33.2 / 40.0 / 12.40 / 14.28 / 7.19 / 0.39 / 18.58
H-layer / 4.2 / 56.9 / 257.4 / 23.3 / 24.8 / 8.28 / 19.32 / 4.80 / 0.27 / 17.65
Ah-layer / 4.2 / 54.9 / 254.4 / 26.0 / 13.3 / 6.55 / 19.09 / 3.80 / 0.21 / 17.76
avg.±SEb / 4.2±0.0 / 60.9±5.0 / 268.8±12.9 / 27.5±3.0 / 26.0±7.7 / 9.08±1.74 / 17.56±1.64 / 5.26±1.01 / 0.29±0.05 / 17.99±0.29
Aug. / L-layer / 4.1 / 102.9 / 360.0 / 76.2 / NDc / 19.51 / 28.73 / 11.32 / 0.54 / 21.12
H-layer / 4.3 / 57.9 / 275.8 / 28.2 / ND / 12.39 / 22.73 / 7.19 / 0.37 / 19.54
Ah-layer / 4.5 / 54.2 / 241.3 / 22.6 / ND / 6.49 / 20.54 / 3.76 / 0.20 / 19.18
avg.±SE / 4.3±0.1 / 71.7±15.7 / 292.4±35.3 / 42.3±17.0 / − / 12.80±3.76 / 24.00±2.45 / 7.42±2.19 / 0.37±0.10 / 19.95±0.60
Oct. / L-layer / 4.1 / 74.6 / 322.9 / 44.2 / 45.6 / 14.62 / 16.58 / 8.48 / 0.42 / 20.34
H-layer / 4.1 / 53.0 / 286.5 / 18.8 / 13.3 / 11.69 / 14.78 / 6.78 / 0.29 / 23.79
Ah-layer / 4.1 / 49.8 / 278.3 / 13.9 / 3.8 / 11.08 / 15.05 / 6.43 / 0.23 / 27.48
avg.±SE / 4.1±0.0 / 59.1±7.8 / 295.9±13.7 / 25.6±9.4 / 20.9±12.7 / 12.46±1.09 / 15.47±0.56 / 7.23±0.63 / 0.31±0.05 / 23.87±2.06
Dec. / L-layer / 4.1 / 107.7 / 300.2 / 45.4 / 34.3 / 13.70 / 27.35 / 7.94 / 0.56 / 14.15
H-layer / 4.0 / 66.4 / 251.3 / 27.1 / 19.0 / 10.52 / 24.33 / 6.10 / 0.40 / 15.21
Ah-layer / 4.0 / 48.3 / 217.7 / 18.3 / 11.4 / 2.75 / 19.61 / 1.60 / 0.22 / 7.34
avg.±SE / 4.0±0.0 / 74.1±17.6 / 256.4±24.0 / 30.3±8.0 / 21.6±6.7 / 8.99±3.25 / 23.76±2.25 / 5.21±1.88 / 0.39±0.10 / 12.23±2.47
a C/N ratio = TOC/T-N; b SE = standard error; c ND = not detected

Supplementary data Table S2. List of classified soil-higher fungi and their reads of GOTU

No. / Phylum / Class / Order / Family / Genus / GOTU / Ecol. type* / Reads of GOTU
4L / 4H / 4Ah / 8L / 8H / 8Ah / 10L / 10H / 10Ah / 12L / 12H / 12Ah / Total
1 / Ascomycota / Archaeorhizomycetes / unidentified / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown01 / U / 5 / 62 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 100
2 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Capnodiales / Davidiellaceae / Cladosporium / Cladosporium / SAP / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8
3 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Capnodiales / Mycosphaerellaceae / unidentified / Unknown02 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20
4 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Capnodiales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown03 / U / 46 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 52
5 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Hysteriales / Gloniaceae / Cenococcum / Cenococcum / SYM / 21 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25
6 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Incertae sedis / Myxotrichaceae / Oidiodendron / Oidiodendron / SAP / 23 / 53 / 78 / 0 / 21 / 0 / 4 / 58 / 66 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 303
7 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Incertae sedis / Pseudeurotiaceae / Leuconeurospora / Leuconeurospora / PAR / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20
8 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Incertae sedis / Pseudeurotiaceae / Pseudogymnoascus / Pseudogymnoascus / PAR / 0 / 1 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13
9 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Cucurbitariaceae / Pyrenochaetopsis / Pyrenochaetopsis / SAP / 1 / 4 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11
10 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Incertae sedis / Pyrenochaeta / Pyrenochaeta / PAR / 71 / 28 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 103
11 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Montagnulaceae / Paraconiothyrium / Paraconiothyrium / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24
12 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Pleomassariaceae / Prosthemium / Prosthemium / SAP / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12
13 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Pleosporaceae / Alternaria / Alternaria / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 28 / 2 / 3 / 16 / 60
14 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Sporormiaceae / Preussia / Preussia / SAP / 15 / 20 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 43
15 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown04 / U / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
16 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Venturiaceae / Cylindrosympodium / Cylindrosympodium / SAP / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
17 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Pleosporales / Venturiaceae / Fusicladium / Fusicladium / PAR / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6
18 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / unidentified / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown05 / U / 14 / 2 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26
19 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Venturiales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown06 / U / 7 / 0 / 246 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 100 / 21 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 399
20 / Ascomycota / Dothideomycetes / Venturiales / Venturiaceae / unidentified / Unknown07 / U / 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 40 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 46
21 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Chaetothyriales / Herpotrichiellaceae / Cladophialophora / Cladophialophora / PAR / 157 / 49 / 14 / 20 / 0 / 6 / 252 / 35 / 140 / 8 / 80 / 21 / 782
22 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Chaetothyriales / Herpotrichiellaceae / Exophiala / Exophiala / PAR / 56 / 51 / 7 / 3 / 18 / 18 / 20 / 33 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 222
23 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Chaetothyriales / Herpotrichiellaceae / Phialophora / Phialophora / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18
24 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Chaetothyriales / Herpotrichiellaceae / unidentified / Unknown08 / U / 10 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 49
25 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Chaetothyriales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown09 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9
26 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Eurotiales / Trichocomaceae / Paecilomyces / Paecilomyces / PAR / 37 / 1 / 8 / 8 / 11 / 5 / 148 / 84 / 53 / 5 / 10 / 2 / 372
27 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Eurotiales / Trichocomaceae / Penicillium / Penicillium / SAP / 0 / 4 / 8 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 100 / 33 / 55 / 21 / 65 / 6 / 299
28 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Eurotiales / Trichocomaceae / Sagenomella / Sagenomella / PAR / 1 / 21 / 19 / 2 / 8 / 5 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 59
29 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Eurotiales / Trichocomaceae / Talaromyces / Talaromyces / SAP / 3 / 10 / 20 / 5 / 19 / 13 / 41 / 1 / 61 / 16 / 18 / 3 / 210
30 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Eurotiales / Trichocomaceae / unidentified / Unknown10 / U / 23 / 51 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 82
31 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Eurotiales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown11 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 42 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 46
32 / Ascomycota / Eurotiomycetes / Onygenales / Onygenaceae / Uncinocarpus / Uncinocarpus / PAR / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8
33 / Ascomycota / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Chalara / Chalara / PAR / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8
34 / Ascomycota / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Gyoerffyella / Gyoerffyella / SAP / 0 / 2 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22
35 / Ascomycota / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Humicolopsis / Humicolopsis / SAP / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
36 / Ascomycota / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Ochroconis / Ochroconis / SAP / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16
37 / Ascomycota / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Subramaniomyces / Subramaniomyces / SAP / 0 / 3 / 16 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 37
38 / Ascomycota / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Sympodiella / Sympodiella / SAP / 86 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 377 / 9 / 19 / 39 / 9 / 1 / 547
39 / Ascomycota / Lecanoromycetes / Acarosporales / Acarosporaceae / Pleopsidium / Pleopsidium / SYM / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14
40 / Ascomycota / Lecanoromycetes / unidentified / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown12 / U / 30 / 3 / 12 / 21 / 0 / 6 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 12 / 5 / 107
41 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Dermateaceae / Cryptosporiopsis / Cryptosporiopsis / PAR / 109 / 42 / 22 / 5 / 23 / 0 / 67 / 36 / 110 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 414
42 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Helotiaceae / Crocicreas / Crocicreas / SAP / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6
43 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Helotiaceae / Hymenoscyphus / Hymenoscyphus / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18
44 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Helotiaceae / Tricladium / Tricladium / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 184 / 16 / 104 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 56 / 61 / 433
45 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Hyaloscyphaceae / Arachnopeziza / Arachnopeziza / SAP / 26 / 7 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 59 / 11 / 136
46 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Hyaloscyphaceae / Hyaloscypha / Hyaloscypha / SAP / 2 / 1 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14
47 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Hyaloscyphaceae / Lachnellula / Lachnellula / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6
48 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Hyaloscyphaceae / unidentified / Unknown13 / U / 65 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 91
49 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Incertae sedis / Leptodontidium / Leptodontidium / PAR / 0 / 11 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12
50 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Incertae sedis / Spirosphaera / Spirosphaera / SAP / 134 / 44 / 85 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 248 / 121 / 104 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 736
51 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Incertae sedis / Xenopolyscytalum / Xenopolyscytalum / SAP / 79 / 10 / 43 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 132
52 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Phacidiaceae / Allantophomopsis / Allantophomopsis / PAR / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 60 / 6 / 0 / 15 / 4 / 1 / 91
53 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown14 / U / 247 / 279 / 235 / 106 / 43 / 90 / 4,014 / 534 / 401 / 5,182 / 8,822 / 1,598 / 21,551
54 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Helotiales / Vibrisseaceae / Phialocephala / Phialocephala / SYM / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18
55 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Collophora / Collophora / PAR / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34
56 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Geomyces / Geomyces / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 217 / 2 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 253
57 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Incertae sedis / Incertae sedis / Sarea / Sarea / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5
58 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Thelebolales / Thelebolaceae / Pezizella / Pezizella / SAP / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8
59 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / Thelebolales / Thelebolaceae / unidentified / Unknown15 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35
60 / Ascomycota / Leotiomycetes / unidentified / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown16 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28
61 / Ascomycota / Orbiliomycetes / Orbiliales / Orbiliaceae / Dactylellina / Dactylellina / PAR / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7
62 / Ascomycota / Orbiliomycetes / unidentified / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown17 / U / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30
63 / Ascomycota / Pezizomycetes / Pezizales / Pezizaceae / unidentified / Unknown18 / U / 55 / 72 / 89 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 139 / 79 / 255 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 689
64 / Ascomycota / Pezizomycetes / Pezizales / Pyronemataceae / Otidea / Otidea / SAP / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
65 / Ascomycota / Pezizomycetes / Pezizales / Pyronemataceae / Sphaerosporella / Sphaerosporella / SAP / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6
66 / Ascomycota / Pezizomycetes / Pezizales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown19 / U / 2 / 147 / 76 / 0 / 76 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 117 / 0 / 1 / 19 / 466
67 / Ascomycota / Saccharomycetes / Saccharomycetales / Dipodascaceae / unidentified / Unknown20 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 13
68 / Ascomycota / Saccharomycetes / Saccharomycetales / Incertae sedis / Candida / Candida / SYM / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9
69 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Chaetosphaeriales / Chaetosphaeriaceae / Chaetosphaeria / Chaetosphaeria / SAP / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18
70 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Chaetosphaeriales / Chaetosphaeriaceae / Chloridium / Chloridium / SYM / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 23 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 45
71 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Chaetosphaeriales / unidentified / unidentified / Unknown21 / U / 94 / 33 / 74 / 20 / 25 / 13 / 241 / 63 / 62 / 33 / 43 / 17 / 718
72 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Hypocreales / Bionectriaceae / unidentified / Unknown22 / U / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18
73 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Hypocreales / Clavicipitaceae / unidentified / Unknown23 / U / 2 / 0 / 6 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 26 / 0 / 45 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 85
74 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Hypocreales / Cordycipitaceae / Beauveria / Beauveria / PAR / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7
75 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Hypocreales / Cordycipitaceae / Cordyceps / Cordyceps / PAR / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 1 / 6 / 12 / 15 / 1 / 44
76 / Ascomycota / Sordariomycetes / Hypocreales / Cordycipitaceae / Isaria / Isaria / PAR / 11 / 7 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 6 / 14 / 33 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 73