One Hundred Representative Fungi in Korea and Their Korean Names

Hyo-Won Choi1   Young Woon Lim2   Myoung-Dong Kim3   Jayoung Kim4   Changmu KIM5   Chang Sun Kim6   Yun-Su Do7   Chang-Gi Back8   Hyunkyu Sang9   Woo Chang Shin10   Seung-Yeol Lee11   Dawoon Chung12   Hee-Young Jung11   Young-Joon Choi13   In-Young Choi14   Jae-Gu Han5   Seung-Beom Hong16,*   

1Crop Protection Div. National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju 55365, Korea
2School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
3Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
4Department of Laboratory Medicine, International St. Mary`s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon 22711, Korea
5Microorganism Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Korea
6Forest Biodiversity Research Div. Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon 11186, Korea
7Program Planning, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54875, Korea
8Horticultural and Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Wanju 55365, Korea
9Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
10Kooksoondang Research Institute, Seongnam 13202, Korea
11School of Applied Life Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
12Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon 33662, Korea
13Department of Biology, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea
14Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
15Mushroom Research DIvision, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Eumseong 27709, Korea
16Agricultural Micorobiology Div. National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju 55365, Korea

Abstract

One hundred representative species of fungi in Korea were selected and their Korean names were proposed to increase interest in fungi among Korean people. This task was performed under the supervision of the Committee of Mycological Terms, under the Korean Society of Mycology. First, the committee established the criteria for selecting 100 representative species of fungi in Korea and then selected the candidate fungal species accordingly. To ensure the uniformity and stability of Korean fungal names, the principle of naming fungi in Korean was established, and the candidate Korean fungal names were presented accordingly. Finally, the candidate Korean fungal names were posted online to collect opinions of the members of the Korean Society of Mycology. The candidate Korean names of the plant pathogenic fungi and mushrooms were reviewed by the Korean Society of Plant Pathology and the Korean Society of Mushroom Science, respectively. After their opinions were considered, the Korean names for 100 representative fungi in Korea were finally determined. The 100 fungi comprised 41 common molds and yeasts, 28 plant pathogenic fungi, and 31 mushrooms.

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