Seven Unrecorded Fungal Species from Field Soils in Korea

Mahesh Adhikari1   Sun Kumar Gurung1   Setu Bazie1   Hyun Gu Lee1   San Kosol1   Hyang Burm Lee2   Youn Su Lee1,*   

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

Abstract

Seven unrecorded species in the phylum Ascomycota, Emericellopsis pallida (KNU16-167), Scedosporium aurantiacum (KNU16-190), Duddingtonia flagrans (KNU16-279), Bionectria rossmaniae (KNU16-309), Exophiala xenobiotica (KNU16-79), Pseudocercosporella fraxini (KNU16-102), and Stachybotrys sansevieriae (KNU16-141), were isolated in 2016 from field soils collected from various locations in Korea. All of the species were identified and described based on morphological characteristics and rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequence data. Morphological features of these fungi were examined on potato dextrose agar, oatmeal agar, malt extract agar, Czapek yeast extract agar, and yeast extract sucrose agar. Full descriptions and illustrations of their morphological characteristics are provided.

Acknowledgements

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

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Fig. 1. Morphological characteristics of Exophiala xenobiotica KNU16-79 grown for 7 days on potato dextrose agar. A, back view; B, front view; C, D, optical microscopic images of conidiophores; E, F, optical microscopic images of conidia.