Four Species of Montagnulaceae Unrecorded in Korea and Isolated from Plant Litter in Freshwater

Jaeduk  Goh1,*   Hye Yeon Mun1   Yoosun  Oh1   Namil  Chung1   

1Fungi Resources Research Division, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources

Abstract

Freshwater is a diverse and complex environment for fungi and provides several types of habitat including plant litter, sediment, and carcasses. We collected plant litter from the main stream and branch streams of Nakdong River, Sohancheon in Samcheok, and Geumoreum in Jeju. From several samples of plant litter, we isolated 8 fungal strains belonging to 4 Montagnulaceae species unrecorded in Korea: Paraconiothyrium archidendri, Paraphaeosphaeria sporulosa, Paraphaeosphaeria michotii, and Paraphaeosphaeria viridescens. These fungi were identified by phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and examination of morphological characteristics. Montagnulaceae is known as one of the families in Pleosporales and includes coniothyrium-like fungi. In this study, we described phylogenetic analysis and mycological characteristics of these species, and this is the first report of these taxa in Korea.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the research program named “The Survey and Discovery of Freshwater Biores- ources” (NNIBR, 2016) of the Nakdonggang National Ins- titute of Biological Resources.

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