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

Diversity and Distribution of Bulb-associated fungi of Fritillaria Cirrhosae Bulbus Source Plants used in Traditional Chinese Medicine

1School of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, Yunnan,
China
2Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity/Faculty of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University,
Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China
The authors contributed equally to this work.

Correspondence to maomaogaoqian@hotmail.com

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2020, 48(3):251-271.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20200026
Accepted: August 03, 2020; Revised: June 29, 2020; Received: June 03, 2020
Published: September, 2020.
© 2020 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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ABSTRACT

Diversity and community composition of bulb-associated fungi of Fritillaria Cirrhosae Bulbus source plants, which are used in traditional chinese medicine, in the eastern Himalaya– Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China, were estimated based on the internal transcribed spacer rDNA sequence analysis, using host plant species, geographic area, and plant phenology as variables. A total of 1,486 fungal sequences assigned to 251 operational taxonomical units (OTUs) were obtained from the bulbs. Fungal OTUs comprised 96.41% Ascomycotina, 3.52% Basidiomycotina, and 0.07% Zygomycotina. Sordariomycetes, Hypocreales, and Nectriaceae were the most frequent fungal lineages at each taxonomic rank. Fusarium, Ilyonectria, Tetracladium, Leptodontidium, and Tomentella were the top OTU-rich genera. Fusarium sp. 03, Ilyonectria rufa, Fusarium sp. 08, Ilyonectria sp. 03, and Leptodontidium orchidicola 03 represented the most frequent OTUs. Fusarium spp. were the most frequent general taxa. The distribution of fungal community exhibited preferences for host plant species, geographic area, and plant phenology. These findings are the foundation of our research on culturing and active metabolites of bulb-associated fungi of Fritillaria Cirrhosae Bulbus source plants.

Keywords

Community composition, Eastern Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains, Fungal diversity, ITS rDNA, Medicinal plants

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