Ancillary data for Distinct root associated fungal communities may account for the persistence of Podocarpus conifers in tropical forest

Data on the chemistry, phosphatase enzyme activity and fungal taxa associated with (i) roots of the tree Podocarpus oleifolius collected from three habitats (soil, litter layer, and aerial microsites), and (ii) roots collected from soil from the trees Weinmannia pinnata and Graffenrieda bella. Samples were collected in the Chorro watershed in the Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama. Fungal data are from Illumina sequencing and include read number and taxon assignment for Podocarpus oleifolius based on the ITS region, and read number and taxon assignment from NCBI based on the LSU region.