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

Morphological and Phylogenetic Analysis of a New Record of Paraconiothyrium kelleni from Soil in Korea

1College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
2Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
†These authors are contributed equally to this manuscript

Correspondence to heeyoung@knu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2023, 51(2):101-109.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20230011
Accepted: June 29, 2023; Revised: June 28, 2023; Received: May 11, 2023
Published: June, 2023.
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ABSTRACT

A fungal strain designated KNUF-21-66Q1 was isolated from soil in Chungcheongbuk Province, Korea. Moderate growth of colonies was observed on potato dextrose agar, oatmeal agar (OA), malt extract agar, and cornmeal agar media at 25℃, and the detailed morphology was examined on OA medium. The colonies on OA medium were flat, had entire margin, hyaline, and yellow concentric rings in 3-4 weeks. Conidiomata were pycnidial, solitary or clustered, globose to subglobose, black-brown, and 300-500 µm in diameter. Conidiogenous cells were smooth, hyaline, globose to ampulliform, and 6.0- 9.0×3.0-6.0 µm in size (n=15). Conidia were hyaline to pale brown, slightly golden, obovoid to slightly ellipsoidal, smooth, guttulate, and 3.0-4.7×2.1-3.3 µm in size (n=100). The strain was confirmed based on phylogenetic analysis using internal transcribed spacer regions, the partial 28S rDNA of large subunit, and β-tubulin gene sequences. The morphological observations and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the strain KNUF-21-66Q1 was similar to the previously described Paraconiothyrium kelleni. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. kelleni in Korea.

Keywords

Morphology, Paraconiothyrium kelleni, Phylogeny, Soil-inhabiting fungi

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