Table 2 The relationship of fungal abundance and richness to weather.

average temperature

(-) 0.18

(-) 0.26^a

standard deviation of temperature

(+) 0.01

(+) 0.02

average relative humidity (RH)

(+) 0.30^a

(+) 0.35^b

standard deviation of RH

(+) 0.27^a

(+) 0.33^b

average daily maximum RH

(+) 0.43^b

(+) 0.65^c

average vapor pressure deficit (VPD)

(-) 0.30^a

(-) 0.44^b

standard deviation of VPD

(-) 0.15

(-) 0.16

# of consecutive days above freezing

(-) 0.38^b

(-) 0.45^b

proportion of time with RH > 94%

(+) 0.37^b

(+) 0.36^b

proportion of days with max RH >90%

(+) 0.41^b

(+) 0.54^c

average # of consecutive days with max RH >90%

(+) 0.21^a

(+) 0.12

proportion of days with max RH <50%

(-) 0.43^a

(-) 0.70^c

average # of consecutive days with max RH < 50%

(-) 0.56^c

(-) 0.72^c

Climate parameters from weather stations

annual precipitation

(+) 0.21^a

(+) 0.14

annual temperature

(-) 0.22^a

(-) 0.37^c

Site-specific parameters

elevation

(+) 0.09

(+) 0.18^a

latitude

(+) 0.22^a

(+) 0.35^b

longitude

(-) 0.03

(-) 0.17^a

presence of water at site

(+) 0.26^b

(+) 0.16^a

associated vegetation indicative of moisture

(+) 0.49^c

(+) 0.4^c