Fungal community associated with tar spot lesions on corn and goosegrass in Florida
Tar spot symptoms associated with Phyllachora species were observed on corn (Zea mays) and goosegrass (Eleusine indica) growing in the same field in Florida. This study used ITS amplicon metabarcoding to characterize fungal communities associated with symptomatic tissues of both hosts and investigate host-associated differences in fungal community composition. The dataset contains raw sequencing reads generated from fungal ITS amplicons obtained from corn and goosegrass tissues.