Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Myung Soo Park, Sung Hyun Kim, Jun Won Lee, Ji Seon Kim, Yoonhee Cho, and Young Woon Lim *
School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
Correspondence to ywlim@snu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2020, 48(3):175-185.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20200019
Accepted: September 16, 2020; Revised: September 13, 2020; Received: September 01, 2020
Published: September, 2020.
© 2020 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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Penicillium in section Exilicaulis is characterized by non-vesiculate monoverticillate and biverticillate stipes. Species in sect. Exilicaulis are commonly found in soil and plants in terrestrial environments; however, only a few species have been reported in Korea. To investigate the diversity of Penicillium sect. Exilicaulis, Penicillium species were isolated from terrestrial and marine environments. Based on sequence analyses of β-tubulin, calmodulin, and the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II loci, 19 strains of Penicillium in sect. Exilicaulis were identified as P. citreonigrum, P. citreosulfuratum, P. corylophilum, P. menonorum, P. rubefaciens, P. velutinum, Penicillium sp. 1, and Penicillium sp. 2. Two of them, P. citreonigrum and P. citreosulfuratum, were confirmed to be new to Korea. Molecular phylogenies and detailed descriptions of the two unrecorded species are provided.
BenA, CaM, Newly recorded species, RPB2