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

Geographical Patterns and Biodiversity of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Scirpus L. s.l. in Korea

Brueau of Basic Ecological Research, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon 33657 Korea

Correspondence to abiesendo@gmail.com

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2019, 47(1):43-50.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190006
Accepted: March 19, 2019; Revised: March 18, 2019; Received: February 1, 2019
Published: March, 2019.
© 2019 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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ABSTRACT

We investigated the biodiversity of endophytic fungi of Bolboschoenus planiculmis and Schoenoplectus triqueter in Korea. Twenty five of these host plants were collected from six sampling sites. Internal transcribed spacer analysis identified a total of eighty five isolates from the collected plants. The isolates comprised nineteen taxa; most of the isolates (92%) belonged to class Dothideomycetes, followed by Sordariomyetes (4.8%), Agaricomycetes (1.6%), and Eurotiomycetes (0.8%). The most prevalent fungus was Cladosporium perangustum in B. planiculmis and Macrospora scirpicola in S. triqueter. There are very few studies of endophytic fungi in halophytes and these have reported biodiversity patterns different from those of previous studies in Korea. Our results should provide useful information for future research in Korea.

Keywords

Biodiversity, Bolboschoenus planiculmis, Endophytic fungi, Schoenoplectus triqueter

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