Soo Young Chi, Jun Woo Cho, Hyeongjin Noh, Minseok Kim, Ye Eun Kim, and Seong Hwan Kim *
Department of Microbiology, College of Science and Technology, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea
Correspondence to piceae@dankook.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2023, 51(4):491-504.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.20230049
Accepted: December 26, 2023; Revised: December 26, 2023; Received: November 14, 2023
Published: December, 2023.
© 2023 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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To explore fungal diversity in orchard soil where fire-blighted apple trees are buried, we collected soil samples from apple orchards in Chungju, Korea. Fungal isolates were obtained from DG18 agar and identified at the species level based on morphological features and phylogenetic analyses. The colony characteristics and microstructures were examined using a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope after culturing on potato dextrose agar (PDA), malt extract agar (MEA), Czapek yeast agar (CYA), and oatmeal agar (OA) The PCR-amplified products of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region and 28S large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene, as well as partial sequences of the β-tubulin, calmodulin, and translation elongation factor 1-α genes were sequenced and analyzed phylogenetically. Seven previously unknown fungal species were explored in Korea. All samples, including Aspergillus aureolatus, Botryotrichum atrogriseum, Dactylonectria novozelandica, Fusarium denticulatum, Paecilomyces tabacinus, Sarcopodium tibetense and Talaromyces stollii, had ascomycetes. Herein, we report their descriptions and features.
Apple orchards, Ascomycota, Fire blight control, Unrecorded species