Characterization of Rhizodermea veluwensis Isolated from the Roots of Rhododendron mucronulatum in Korea

Hyeok  Park1   Ahn-Heum Eom1,*   

1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education

Abstract

A fungal strain was isolated from surface-sterilized roots of Rhododendron mucronulatum, a plant species belonging to the Ericaceae family, collected from Mt. Minjujisan, Korea. This fungal strain was identified as Rhizodermea veluwensis based on its morphological characteristics and based on phylogenetic analysis of its internal transcribed spacer regions and large-subunit rDNA. R. veluwensis has not been previously reported in Korea, and for the first time, we report and describe it herein.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the project on Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Species of Korea funded by NIBR of the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea.

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