Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Ju-Kyeong Eo 1,2, Chang-Kyun Kim 1 and Ahn-Heum Eom 1*
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju 363-791, Korea
2Ecosystem Function Research Department, Brueau of Basic Ecological Research, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon 325-813,
Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2015, 43(2):133-136.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2015.43.2.133
Received: June 8, 2015; Revised: June 18, 2015; Accepted: June 22, 2015
Published: June, 2015.
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We investigated endophytic fungi diversity of two Pinaceae species (Pinus densiflora, Pinus rigida) and one Cupressaceae species (Juniperus rigida) on Mt. Seodae, Korea. In total, 34 isolates were obtained from 19 host plants and identified according to internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. As a result, they were placed in 13 taxa. Among them, 52.9% belonged to Leotiomycetes, 32.3% belonged to Sordariomycetes, 5.8% belonged to Agaricomycetes, and 3.0% for isolates belonged to either Eurotiomycetes, Dothideomycetes or Ustilaginomycetes. In particular, Lophodermium growing in pine would be an especially important instance of biodiversity for endophytes, suggesting that further study examining its ecological function in the environment is critical.
Diversity, Endophytic fungi, Juniperus rigida, Pinus densiflora, Pinus rigida