Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Whee Phaund 1,2,†, Ung Somaly 1,3,†, Kallol Das 1, Seung-Yeol Lee 1,4,*, and Hee-Young Jung 1,4,*
1College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
2Horticulture and Plant Biotechnology Division, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock & Irrigation, Nay Pyi Taw 15031, Myanmar
3Kampong Chhnang Provincial Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture
Forestry and Fisheries, Phnom Penh 12301, Cambodia
4Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
†These authors contributed equally to this manuscript
Correspondence to leesy1123@knu.ac.kr, heeyoung@knu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2023, 51(2):91-100.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20230010
Accepted: June 24, 2023; Revised: June 23, 2023; Received: March 08, 2023
Published: June, 2023.
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During an investigation of micro-fungi in soil, two fungal isolates belonging to the phylum Ascomycota, namely KNUF-20-NI011 and KNUF-20-NI006, were collected from Gyeongbuk Province and Dokdo Island in Korea and identified as Clonostachys divergens and Chrysosporium merdarium, respectively. The fungal isolates were confirmed through molecular phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer regions, 28S rDNA large subunit, and β-tubulin sequences. Cultural and morphological characteristics were observed and determined using different media. These species were identified based on phylogenetic relationships along with their cultural and morphological characteristics. To our knowledge, this is the first report on Clonostachys divergens and Chrysosporium merdarium in Korea.
Chrysosporium merdarium, Clonostachys divergens, Soil-inhabiting fungi