Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Dong-Yeo Kim, Ju-Kyeong Eo, Hyeok Park and Ahn-Heum Eom*
Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju 28173, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2016, 44(4):338-341.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2016.44.4.338
Received: September 21, 2016; Revised: September 23, 2016; Accepted: September 26, 2016
Published: December, 2016.
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A dark septate endophytic fungal strain 13E043 was isolated from the needle leaves of Thuja koraiensis from a forest in Korea. Morphological characteristics of conidia and phialids. Along with a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA, the isolate was identified as Phialocephala piceae (also known as Phaeomollisia piceae). This is the first report of a dark septate endophyte isolated from the foliage of conifer trees in Korea.
Conifer, Dark septate endophyte (DSE), Phialocephala piceae, Thuja koraiensis