Inconsistent confidence level.

[brendanf]

This question from the FUNGuildR respository mentions being confused about a result that has all three trophic modes, but also "Highly Probable". I find two such records in the database (Pichia and Caliciaceae). According to the original paper, a species which is known to belong to multiple guilds should be "Possible".

[nuriamw]

Hi,
Thank you for opening this issue! This is happening to me also and I would like to add more information, hoping it will be useful. As you mentioned, the original paper states that a species or taxa belonging to multiple guilds should be assigned as "possible" in the confidence ranking. However, I found it odd that in the FUNGuild original paper they have some taxa which retrieved multiple guilds and trophic modes while being "Highly probable" (see Table 1 in the paper, last row, otu_8). I also think this is an important issue to address and clarify to users and I would be extremely grateful if any information is given about this.
All the best,
Nuria.