Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Sangkyu Park 1, Seung-Yeol Lee 1, Jae-Jin Lee 1, In-Kyu Kang 1, Hyang Burm Lee 2 and Hee-Young Jung 1*
1College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
2College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
Correspondence to heeyoung@knu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2016, 44(3):188-192.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2016.44.3.188
Received: September 5, 2016; Revised: September 20, 2016; Accepted: September 23, 2016
Published: September, 2016.
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A previously unrecorded fungus was isolated from the persimmon (Diospyros kaki) leaf phyllosphere in Korea. The isolated fungus was characterized by morphological and phylogenetic analyses. The typical morphological characteristics of Phialocephala piceae, including dark brown colonies and short, thick conidiophores, were observed on the isolated fungus. A phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and RNA polymerase II largest subunit (RPB1) also confirmed the identification of the isolated fungal species as P. piceae. Therefore, this is the first report of P. piceae in Korea.
Diospyros kaki, Phialocephala piceae, Phyllosphere