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

Mycological Characterization of Coniochaeta luteoviridis Isolated from an Ambrosia Beetle

1Apple Research Center, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Gunwi 43100, Korea
2Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
3Fungal Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju 37242, Korea
4Department of AI-Integrated Biological Sciences, Changwon National University, 20 Changwondaehak-ro, Changwon 51140, Korea

*Correspondence to heeyoung@knu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) 2026 June, Volume 54, Issue 2, pages 207-218.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2026.54.2.10
Received on June 09, 2026, Revised on June 26, 2026, Accepted on June 30, 2026, Published on June 30, 2026.
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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

In this study, fungal strain ARI-25-A13 was isolated from an ambrosia beetle collected using beetle traps deployed in an apple orchard. To achieve species-level identification, cultural and morphological characteristics, as well as molecular phylogenetic analyses, were conducted. On potato dextrose agar (PDA), colonies were initially salmon-colored and gradually transitioned to olive to brown with age, whereas colonies on malt extract agar (MEA) retained a salmon coloration throughout incubation. Morphologically, adelophialides were short, thin-walled, and inconspicuous, and neither collarettes nor discrete phialides were observed. Conidia were hyaline, ellipsoidal to cylindrical, frequently slightly curved, and measured 3.7‒5.9 × 1.4‒2.6 μm. Chlamydospores were hyaline, globose to ellipsoidal, formed terminally or intercalarily, occurring singly or in short chains, and measured 4.0‒8.0 × 3.3‒4.5 μm. Phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU), β-tubulin (TUB), and actin (ACT) gene sequences placed ARI-25-A13 in the same clade as Coniochaeta luteoviridis. Collectively, the morphological traits and multilocus phylogenetic evidence support the identification of ARI-25-A13 as C. luteoviridis. This study provides the first mycological characterization of C. luteoviridis isolated from an ambrosia beetle.
Keywords

Ambrosia beetles, Coniochaeta luteoviridis, Morphology, Phylogeny

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