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Acrodontium burrowsianum and Pestalotiopsis humicola: Two Previously Unrecorded Fungal Species Isolated from Conifer Leaves in Korea

  • Jae-Wook Choi (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Jung-Min Lee (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Seok-Yong Park (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Ahn-Heum Eom (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • Received : 2022.11.09
  • Accepted : 2022.12.15
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

Endophytic fungal strains were isolated from the leaves of two conifer species (Juniperus rigida and Pinus densiflora) in Korea and identified on the basis of their morphological and molecular characteristics. Internal transcribed spacer and large subunit regions of rDNA were used for the phylogenetic analysis, and the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF) and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2) genes were analyzed depending on the species. Two fungal species that were previously unrecorded in Korea were identified: Acrodontium burrowsianum and Pestalotiopsis humicola. Their morphological and phylogenetic characteristics are described herein.

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This work was supported by the Project on Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Fungal Species of Korea, funded by the NIBR.

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