Abstract
Two fungal strains, designated KNUF-21-006 and KNUF-21-028, were isolated from soil samples collected from Gyeongbuk Province, Korea. The strain KNUF-21-006 was similar to other Pestalotiopsis species in terms of morphological characteristics, including whitish to pale brown mycelium, conidial shape, and size. The isolate had aerial hyphae that produced black fruiting bodies on the mycelium. The conidia were fusoid to ellipsoid, four-septate, and appendage-bearing. Phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF), and β-tubulin (TUB) gene sequences confirmed that the closest relationship of the isolate at the species level was with
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Fig. 1.Cultural and morphological characteristics of Pestalotiopsis clavata KNUF-21-006. Cultures were grown at 25℃ for 7 days on potato dextrose agar (PDA) in darkness. A. B. front and reverse view of the colony, C. D. conidia with appendage. Scale bars: C, D=10 μm.