Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Narayan Chandra Paul and Hyang Burm Lee*
Division of Applied Bioscience & Biotechnology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-
757, Korea
Correspondence to hblee@jnu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 30, 2014, 42(4):349-352.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2014.42.4.349
Received: November 28, 2014; Revised: December 16, 2014; Accepted: December 17, 2014
Published: December 30, 2014.
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The fungal endophyte EML-CM25 was isolated in Korea from surface sterilized Chinese maple leaf tissues. Internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis indicated that the isolate showed 99% sequence similarity with Paraconiothyrium brasiliense, a finding that was confirmed by morphological analyses. The fungal colonies did not express aerial hyphae. Conidiomata formation was observed in the fungus cultured on potato dextrose agar at 25 oC for 7 days. Visible scattered black dots consisting of pycnidia were present throughout the colony. This is the first record of P. brasiliense in Korea.
Chinese maple, Endophytic fungi, ITS, Morphology, Paraconiothyrium brasiliense