Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Mahesh Adhikari 1, Sang Woo Kim 1, Byeong Heon Gwon 1, Han Jun Ju 1, Hyang Burm Lee 2, and Youn Su Lee 1,*
1Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
2Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology & 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) March, 2020, 48(1):47-53.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20200005
Accepted: March 20, 2020; Revised: March 20, 2020; Received: February 27, 2020
Published: March, 2020.
© 2020 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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During a survey of fungal diversity in different provinces of South Korea in 2017, a new fungal isolate was discovered. This fungal isolate was identified as Westerdykella reniformis, based on its morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 28S ribosomal DNA (28S rDNA) sequence data. To our knowledge, W. reniformis has not previously been reported in South Korea. Thus, in this study, we report a new record of a species from the Dothideomycetes class in Korea, and provide a detailed description with morphological illustrations.
Diversity, ITS, Westerdykella reniformis, 28S rDNA