Yeasts, pathogens, and mycoparasites are core phyllosphere microbiome members Given the large differences in leaf pathogen susceptibility across switchgrass subpopulations, we sought to determine the influence of pathogenic fungi on other members of the fungal microbiome. We examined the taxonomic relationships of the 7392 OTUs in our dataset through a hybrid method that compares matches across fungal databases and BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) hits [37].
