Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Indexed in SCOPUS, KCI, DOAJ
OPEN ACCESS, PEER REVIEWED
pISSN 0253-651X
eISSN 2383-5249
RESEARCH ARTICLE

First Report of Gongronella guangdongensis Isolated from Soil in Korea

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

Correspondence to heeyoung@knu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2018, 46(1):28-33.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20180004
Received: February 22, 2018; Revised: February 25, 2018; Accepted: February 25, 2018
Published: March, 2018.
Ⓒ The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

A fungal isolate designated KNU16-033 was isolated from a soil sample in Daegu, Korea. White, short, and felt-like aerial mycelia appeared on the surface of colonies of the isolate. Colonies with a smooth texture developed slowly and reached a diameter of 78 mm after 21 days of incubation on potato dextrose agar. This isolate displayed globose, colorless or light yellow sporangiospores, which differed morphologically from the sporangiospores of Gongronella butleri, which were hyaline, oval to flattened on one side or almost reniform. Based on these morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis using internal transcribed spacer regions, the isolated fungus was identified as G. guangdongensis belonging to Cunninghamellaceae. To our knowledge, this is the first record of G. guangdongensis in Korea.

Keywords

Cunninghamellaceae, Gongronella guangdongensis, Soil-inhabiting fungi

Section