Yeon-Su Jeong1, Seong-Keun Lim1, Seung-Yeol Lee1,2, and Hee-Young Jung1,2,*
1Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
2Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
*Correspondence to heeyoung@knu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) 2026 March, Volume 54, Issue 1, pages 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2026.54.1.1
Received on January 20, 2026, Revised on March 01, 2026, Accepted on March 04, 2026, Published on March 31, 2026.
Copyright © The Korean Society of Mycology.
This is an Open Access article which is freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Strain KNUF-20-NI020 was recovered from soil collected during a survey of soil fungi in Korea in Gunwi-eup, Gunwi-gun, Daegu. The strain formed pale luteous colonies with rust-colored reverses on potato dextrose agar, reaching a diameter of 25.2 ± 1.0 mm after incubation for 14 days. Mycelial growth was most pronounced at 25°C and was relatively higher at pH values ranging from 6 to 8. For molecular identification, multiple gene regions were analyzed. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region showed 99.8% sequence similarity to Keissleriella quadriseptata, and the large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU), small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU), and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1-α) gene sequences were also most similar to those of K. quadriseptata. Phylogenetic analysis based on concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU, and TEF1-α sequences placed the KNUF-20-NI020 strain in the same clade as K. quadriseptata, clearly separated from other related species. Based on the combined cultural characteristics and multilocus molecular phylogenetic analyses, the KNUF-20-NI020 strain was identified as K. quadriseptata. This study represents the first report of K. quadriseptata from Korea and the first record of the genus Keissleriella in Korea.
Keissleriella quadriseptata, Molecular phylogeny, Morphological analysis, Soilinhabiting fungi
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