Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Jae-Eui Cha 1, Hyeok Park 2, Jae-Wook Choi 1, Seok-Yong Park 1, and Ahn-Heum Eom 1*
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju 28173, Korea
2Warm Temperate and Subtropical Forest Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science,
Seogwipo 63582, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2023, 51(3):229-237.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.20230024
Accepted: September 12, 2023; Revised: September 07, 2023; Received: August 04, 2023
Published: September, 2023.
© 2023 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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In the present study, we isolated endophytic fungi from different tissues of two plants, Pseudosasa japonica and Quercus serrata from Taean-gun, Korea. Morphological characteristics of the isolated fungal strains were observed. We identified the fungi based on the phylogenetic analysis using DNA sequences from the region of internal transcribed spacer, large subunit rDNA, β-tubulin, and translation elongation factor 1-α DNA. Three endophytic fungi that were not previously recorded in Korea, namely Geomyces asperulatus, Leptoxyphium fumago, and Tubakia oblongispora were identified. Here, we describe the morphological characteristics of these unrecorded fungi and present the results of the phylogenetic analysis.
Endophytic fungi, Geomyces asperulatus, Leptoxyphium fumago, Tubakia oblongispora