Fungi (soil) (test description)

Detects indicator groups such as waxcaps*, 'CHEGD**' fungi, as well as the wider assemblages of ectomycorrhizal fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms. Generally identifies to family or genus level. Does not perform well for detecting arbuscular or orchid mycorrhizal fungi.

*Nearly 90 per cent of all waxcap species are on one or more European national Red Lists for threatened fungi. 

**CHEGD stands for: Clavarioids (spindles, club and coral fungi); Hygrocybe genus (waxcaps); Entoloma (pinkgills); Geoglossum and relatives (earthtongues); and Dermoloma and relatives (crazed caps).