Two Unreported Species of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Leaves of Abies koreana in Korea

Hyeok Park1   Dong-Yeo Kim1   Ahn-Heum Eom1,*   

1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education

Abstract

We isolated endophytic fungal strains from the leaves of Abies koreana growing in Korea. The fungal strains were identified as Coleophoma parafusiformis and Coniochaeta ligniaria, based on morphological characteristics and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region and large subunit region of ribosomal DNA. These species have not been previously reported in Korea. In this study, we report the morphological characteristics and results of phylogenetic analysis of the two novel fungal strains.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Project on Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Fungal Species of Korea funded by NIBR of the Ministry of Environment and by the Project on Conservation and Adaptation of Forest Plant Species Vulnerable to Climate Changes funded by National Arboretum of Korea Forest Service.

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1. Colonies of Coleophoma parafusiformis 17E082 grown on PDA (A) and MEA (B), conidiophore (C, optical microscope image; D, scanning electron microscope image). Colonies of Coniochaeta ligniaria 16H328 grown on PDA (E) and MEA (F), conidiophore and conidia (G, optical microscope image; H, scanning electron microscope image). PDA, potato dextrose agar; MEA, malt extract agar (scale bars = 10 µm).