Doo-Ho Choi 1, Young–Guk Kim 1, In–Seon Lee 2, Seung–Bum Hong 3, *, and Jong-Guk Kim 1, *
1School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
2Department of Food Science and Technology, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea
3Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon 54874,
Korea
Correspondence to funguy@korea.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2020, 48(4):445-456.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20200043
Accepted: December 24, 2020; Revised: December 24, 2020; Received: October 20, 2020
Published: December, 2020.
© 2020 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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Fungal species belonging to the genus Penicillium are indigenous to a wide range of natural environments. Since the first published reports detailing the discovery of Penicillium, new species have been identified in various countries, including Korea. We present here a full characterization of five species of Penicillium that were previously unreported in Korea. Based on the morphologic characteristics and sequences of genes encoding fungal β–tubulin and calmodulin, we identified five Penicillium species, including P. hetheringtonii, P. sublectaticum, and P. jacksonii, which have been unrecorded in Korea, and confirming P. maximae and P. cremeogriseum, as the endophytic fungi isolated in Gyeongsang province, Korea. In this article, we provide detailed morphological descriptions of these fungal species.
Endophytic fungi, Genus Penicillium, Identification, Morphological description