Yi-Jong Kil 1, Ju-Kyeong Eo 2 and Ahn-Heum Eom
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 363-791, Korea
2Department of Forest Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 31, 2009, 37(2):130-133.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2009.37.2.130
(Received December 9, 2009. Accepted December 24, 2009)
Published: December 31, 2009.
© The Korean Society of Mycology
The endophytic fungi were isolated from red pine trees (Pinus densiflora) that were distributed in three sites of Chungbuk, Korea. Twenty fungal isolates were isolated from 16 trees and divided into 8 groups by morphological characters. The fungal isolates were identified using the sequences of ITS region of rDNA; Lophodermium complex, Sydowia polyspora, Hymenula sp., Sistotrema brinkmannii, Septoria pini-thunbergii, Earliella sp. Lophodermium spp. were the most frequently found fungal species the across sites and firstly detected from Pinus species in Korea by molecular work.
Endophytic fungi, Lophodermium complex, Pinus densiflora, Species diversity