Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Sun Kumar Gurung 1, Mahesh Adhikari 1 , Sang Woo Kim 1, Hyun Goo Lee 1, Ju Han Jun 1 Byeong Heon Gwon 1, Hyang Burm Lee 2, and Youn Su Lee 1,*
1Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
2Divison of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
Correspondence to younslee@kangwon.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2019, 47(3):209-18.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190025
Accepted: September 23, 2019; Revised: September 19, 2019; Received: June 12, 2019
Published: September, 2019.
© 2019 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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During a survey of fungal diversity in Korea, two fungal strains, KNU17-1 and KNU17-199, were isolated from paddy field soil in Yangpyeong and Sancheong, respectively, in Korea. These fungal isolates were analyzed based on their morphological characteristics and the molecular phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences. On the basis of their morphology and phylogeny, KNU17-1 and KNU17-199 isolates were identified as Albifimbria verrucaria and Deconica coprophila, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, A. verrucaria and D. coprophila have not yet been reported in Korea. Thus, this is the first report of these species in Korea.
Albifimbria verrucaria, Deconica coprophila, Morphology