Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Hyeok Park 1, Chung Ryul Jung 2, Ahn-Heum Eom 1,*
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju 28173, Korea
2Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science, Yeongju 36040, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2019, 47(4):329-34.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190038
Accepted: December 18, 2019; Revised: December 17, 2019; Received: December 16, 2019
Published: December, 2019.
© 2019 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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Endophytic fungal strains were isolated from the sterilized roots of a medicinal plant, Ligusticum chuanxiong and identified based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer, large subunit rDNA, and beta-tubulin DNA regions. Our results confirmed the presence of Pithomyces chartarum and Plectosphaerella niemeijerarum in the fungal strains. To the best of our knowledge, the fungal strains have not been reported in Korea. In this report, we describe morphological characteristics and phylogenetic trees of these endophytic fungal strains.
Endophytic fungi, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Pithomyces chartarum, Plectosphaerella niemeijerarum