Characterization of Three Species of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Conifer Leaves in Korea

Jae-Wook  Choi1   Ju-Hui  Gwon1   Jong-Chul  Lee1   Hyeok  Park1   Ahn-Heum  Eom11,*   

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Abstract

Endophytic fungi were isolated from needle leaves of two conifer species in Korea. The fungal isolates were identified based on their morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of their internal transcribed spacer and large-subunit rDNA regions. Three species of endophytic fungi, namely Celosporium laricicola, Neocatenulostroma germanicum, and Phaeophleospora eucalypticola were the first records in Korea. In this study, we reported the morphological and phylogenetic characteristics of these fungi.

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Fig. 1.Morphological characteristics of KNUE19E084. A, D: Grown for 7 days on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. B, E: Grown for 7 days on malt extract agar (MEA) medium, C: Blastic conidia (scale bar=10 μm). F: Endoconidia (scale bar=10 μm).