Two New Records of Ascomycetes from Crop Field Soils in Korea

Mahesh  Adhikari1   Hyun Seung  Kim1   Sun Kumar  Gurung1   Setu  Bazie1   Hyun Gu  Lee1   Hyang Burm  Lee2   Youn Su  Lee1,*   

1Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University
2Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology & Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University

Abstract

In the ongoing survey of fungal diversity in Korea, two Ascomycetes species, namely Rhinocladiella similis and Toxicocladosporium irritans, were isolated in 2016. These species were identified based on the internal transcribed spacer region and morphological characteristics. This is the first report of these species in Korea, and the morphological characteristics and images of the fungi are presented.

Acknowledgements

This research received funding from a National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) grant to survey and discover indigenous fungal species in Korea, which was also sponsored by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea. This research was also supported by Research Grant of the Industry-University Cooperation Foundation of Kangwon National University.

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