Jaeduk Goh *, Yu-Jeong Jeon, Hye Yeon Mun, Namil Chung, Young-Hwan Park, Sangkyu Park, Hyejin Hwang, and Wonsu Cheon
Fungi Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju 37242, Korea
Correspondence to jdgoh@nnibr.re.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2020, 48(4):423-443.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20200042
Accepted: December 10, 2020; Revised: November 30, 2020; Received: October 08, 2020
Published: December, 2020.
© 2020 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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Freshwater fungi are a poly-phylogenetic group of taxonomically diverse organisms. In this study, we isolated diverse fungal strains from various environmental samples obtained from freshwaters in Korea. These strains were identified by performing molecular phylogenetic analyses of rDNA and/or other sequences (beta-tubulin, RNA polymerase II, and translation elongation factor 1). In addition, we examined their morphological characteristics microscopically and cultural characteristics using different media. We identified eleven unrecorded Pezizomycotina species: Cladosporium angulosum, Pseudorobillarda phragmitis, Paraconiothyrium estuarinum, Pseudopithomyces palmicola, Pyrenochaetopsis paucisetosa, Thelebolus globosus, Plagiostoma mejianum, Trichoderma cremeum, Fusarium tanahbumbuense, Coniochaeta endophytica, and Chaetomium tenue. Environmental samples obtained from different freshwater ecosystems in Korea could thus be a good source for isolating and investigating novel fungal species.
Freshwater, Pezizomycotina, plant litter, sediment