Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Indexed in SCOPUS, KCI, DOAJ
OPEN ACCESS, PEER REVIEWED
pISSN 0253-651X
eISSN 2383-5249
RESEARCH NOTE

Morphology and Multilocus Phylogeny of Septoria dearnessii Associated with Leaf Spots on Heracleum moellendorffii in Korea

1Department of Forest Resources, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea
2Forest Carbon Graduate School, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea
3Department of Forestry, Environment, and Systems, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea
4Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, Yeongju 36040, Korea
5Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea

*Correspondence to jhpark10@kookmin.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) 2026 June, Volume 54, Issue 2, pages 173-180.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2026.54.2.7
Received on March 30, 2026, Revised on May 30, 2026, Accepted on June 08, 2026, Published on June 30, 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/).

ABSTRACT

This study aims to identify and characterize the fungus associated with leaf spot symptoms on Heracleum moellendorffii (Apiaceae) in Korea. Diseased leaf samples were collected from three locations in Korea, and fungal isolates were obtained and examined. Its morphological characteristics were consistent with those of the genus Septoria. In multilocus phylogenetic analyses using the internal transcribed spacer region, the large subunit rDNA, translation elongation factor 1-alpha, and β-tubulin gene sequences, the isolates formed a distinct lineage within the Septoria dearnessii clade, indicating that they are closely related to S. dearnessii but genetically differentiated. This study provides the first report of a Septoria species associated with leaf spot on H. moellendorffii.
Keywords

Apiaceae, East Asian hogweed, Identification, Mycosphaerellaceae

under publication

Section