First Report of Albifimbria verrucaria and Deconica coprophila (Syn: Psylocybe coprophila) from Field Soil in Korea

Sun Kumar Gurung1   Mahesh Adhikari1   Sang Woo Kim1   Hyun Goo Lee1   Ju Han Jun1   Byeong Heon Gwon1   Hyang Burm Lee2   Youn Su Lee1,*   

1Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
2Divison of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea

Abstract

During a survey of fungal diversity in Korea, two fungal strains, KNU17-1 and KNU17-199, were isolated from paddy field soil in Yangpyeong and Sancheong, respectively, in Korea. These fungal isolates were analyzed based on their morphological characteristics and the molecular phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences. On the basis of their morphology and phylogeny, KNU17-1 and KNU17-199 isolates were identified as Albifimbria verrucaria and Deconica coprophila, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, A. verrucaria and D. coprophila have not yet been reported in Korea. Thus, this is the first report of these species in Korea.

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Fig. 1. Morphological characteristics of (KNU17-1) grown for 7 days at 26oC on potato dextrose agar (PDA), oatmeal agar (OMA), Czapek yeast extract agar (CYEA), yeast extract sucrose agar (YESA), and malt extract agar (MEA). (A-E) Observe colony from left to right. (F-J) Reverse colony from left to right grown on PDA, OMA, CYEA, YESA, and MEA. (K) Hyphae with anastomose (L) Intercalary chlamydospore (M, N) Hyphae with short branches.