Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A Report of Eighteen Unrecorded Fungal Species in Korea

1Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea
2Institute of Biodiverstiy, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea

Correspondence to piceae@dankook.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2017, 45(4):292-303.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20170037
Received: 14 November, 2017; Revised: 28 November, 2017; Accepted: 28 November, 2017
Published: December, 2017.
Ⓒ The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

During a survey of culturable fungi in Korea, 18 unrecorded fungal species were isolated and identified from the indoor air of mushroom cultivation houses, the materials used for preparation of mushroom cultivation media, wild plants, and funitures. This study reports the descriptions of the 18 unrecorded fungal species: Aspergillus creber, Ceratocystis paradoxa, Colletotrichum spaethianum, Coniochaeta velutina, Coprinellus xanthothrix, Epicoccum sorghinum, Leptosphaeria rubefaciens, Myrothecium gramineum, Paraconiothyrium fuckelii, Penicillium erubescens, Penicillium melinii, Penicillium pulvillorum, Penicillium sabulosum, Penicillium turbatum, Pestalotiopsis portugalica, Pilidiella castaneicola, Rachicladosporium pini, and Umbelopsis nana. For all the identified species, the morphological characteristics including the features of colony formed on media, images of light microscopy, and molecular phylogenetic relationships based on nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA (ITS rDNA), 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, β-tubulin gene, calmodulin gene, and translation elongation factor gene were described.

Keywords

Culturable fungi, Unrecorded species in Korea

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