Species List of Aspergillus, Penicillium and Talaromyces in Korea, Based on ‘One Fungus One Name’ System

Hyeon-Jeong  Kim1   Jeong-Seon  Kim1   Kyu-Ho Joo  Cheon1   Dae-Ho  Kim2   Soon-Ja  Seok1   Seung-Beom  Hong1,*   

1Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agricultural Microbiology Division National Institute of Agricultural Science
2Tree Pathology and Mycology Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Environmental Systems, Kangwon National University

Abstract

Aspergillus, Penicillium, and their teleomorphic genera have a worldwide distribution and large economic impacts onhuman life. The names of species in the genera that have been reported in Korea are listed in this study. Fourteen species ofAspergillus, 4 of Eurotium, 8 of Neosartorya, 47 of Penicillium, and 5 of Talaromyces were included in the National List of Speciesof Korea, Ascomycota in 2015. Based on the taxonomic system of single name nomenclature on ICN (International Code ofNomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants), Aspergillus and its teleomorphic genera such as Neosartorya, Eurotium, and Emericellawere named as Aspergillus and Penicillium, and its teleomorphic genera such as EuPenicillium and Talaromyces were named asPenicillium (subgenera Aspergilloides, Furcatum, and Penicillium) and Talaromyces (subgenus Biverticillium) in this study. In total, 77species were added and the revised list contains 55 spp. of Aspergillus, 82 of Penicillium, and 18 of Talaromyces.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a grant National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administra- ion (Project No. PJ011248) in Korea.

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