Ju-Kyeong Eo 1,2, Bong-Hyung Lee 1 and Ahn-Heum Eom 1*
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 28173, Korea
2Division of Basic Research, Bureau of Ecological Research, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon 33657, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2016, 44(2):113-117.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2016.44.2.113
Received: March 30, 2016; Revised: April 7, 2016; Accepted: June 20, 2016
Published: June, 2016.
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The biodiversity of endophytic fungi on Thuja koraiensis in Mt. Hwaak, Seorak, and Hambaek, Korea was investigated. For the 202 isolates collected from the host trees, internal transcribed spacer rDNA region sequences-based analysis identified 32 taxa; 61.5% of the isolates belonged to Dothideomycetes, 27.0% belonged to Sordariomycetes, and 11.5% belonged to Leotiomycetes. This composition rate is somewhat different from that reported in previous studies for endophytic fungi inhabiting trees of the family Pinaceae. In particular, Phyllosticta spinarum in Dothideomycetes is a dominant species among the diverse endophytes of T. koraiensis. Therefore, further critical research is required for this species.
Diversity, Endophytic fungi, Phyllosticta spinarum, Thuja koraiensis