Sung-Eun Cho1, Sang-Hyun Lee2, Sun-Keun Lee2, Sang-Tae Seo2, Hyeon-Dong Shin1*
1Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
2Forest Insect Pests and Diseases Division, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul 02455, Korea
Correspondence to hdshin@korea.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2018, 46(1):69-74.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20180009
Received: February 9, 2018; Accepted: February 20, 2018
Published: March, 2018.
Ⓒ The Korean Society of Mycology
The Rhododendron powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe izuensis has been recorded throughout Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. In Korea, E. izuensis has been identified based on morphological characteristics of the anamorph found on introduced Rhododendron spp. We here describe the first identification of E. izuensis collected from Rhododendron yedoense f. poukhanense in Korea. Morphological characteristics of the teleomorph as well as internal transcribed spacer sequences of the species are provided. Moreover, we describe the characteristics of the primary conidia and conidial surface pattern of E. izuensis for the first time.
Ericaceae, Erysiphaceae, Microsphaera, Molecular analysis, Morphology