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We examined the gut mycobiota in persons with and without POMS through a cross-sectional examination of the gut mycobiota from 46 participants\u2019 stool samples (three groups: 18 POMS, 13 acquired monophasic demyelinating syndromes [monoADS], and 15 unaffected controls). Using metataxonomic sequencing of the fungal internal transcribed spacer region 2, the fungal profiles were compared between participants using visualizations, statistical tests, and predictive analysis. While the mycobiome <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>- (Shannon and inverse Simpson indices) and <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>-diversity differed across the three groups [analysis of variance (ANOVA), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05], further <jats:italic>post-hoc<\/jats:italic> analysis of the <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>-diversity identified a difference between monoADS vs. POMS participants [<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.005 (adjusted)]. At the genus level of taxonomy, 7 out of 10 of the majority of abundant genera were similar among all three groups, with <jats:italic>Saccharomyces<\/jats:italic> spp. and <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> spp. being in the highest abundance. The <jats:italic>Agaricus<\/jats:italic> genus was especially high in POMS participants, dominated primarily due to the species <jats:italic>Agaricus bisporus<\/jats:italic> (widely consumed as white button mushrooms). The commonality of high abundance fungi found in our cohort suggests a possible connection to diet. Predictive modeling of differential abundance associated with <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Cyberlindera jadinii<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Fusarium poae<\/jats:italic> revealed that these fungi were strongly associated with the POMS participants. Our study provides novel insight into the fungal gut mycobiota in POMS. 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