Vanderbylia fraxinea
(Bull.) D.A. Reid, 1973 is an important wood-inhabiting fungus that plays a significant role in nutrient recycling in most forest ecosystems. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of
V. fraxinea
was characterized through
de novo
assembly using Illumina sequencing data and genome annotation. The mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 115,473 bp with a GC content of 28.66%. It comprises a total of 62 genes. Among these, 36 are protein-coding genes including 21 free-standing open reading frames (ORFs), 24 transfer RNA genes, and two ribosomal RNA genes. Core gene set commonly found in fungal mitochondrial genomes is also present in this genome, such as the apocytochrome b (
cob
), three subunits of the cytochrome c oxidase (
cox1
,
cox2
, and
cox3
), seven subunits of the NADH dehydrogenase (
nad1
,
nad2
,
nad3
,
nad4
,
nad4L
,
nad5
, and
nad6
), and three subunits of the ATP synthase (
atp6
,
atp8
, and
atp9
), as well as ribosomal RNA subunits (
rns
and
rnl
) and a set of transfer RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis of the protein-coding sequences from the mitochondrial genome revealed a close relationship between
V. fraxinea
and the
Ganoderma
species within the Polyporaceae family.