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http://dx.doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190038

Two Unrecorded Enophytic Fungi Isolated from Root of Ligusticum chuanxiong in Korea: Pithomyces chartarum and Plectosphaerella niemeijerarum  

Park, Hyeok (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
Jung, Chung Ryul (Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science)
Eom, Ahn-Heum (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
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The Korean Journal of Mycology / v.47, no.4, 2019 , pp. 329-335 More about this Journal
Abstract
Endophytic fungal strains were isolated from the sterilized roots of a medicinal plant, Ligusticum chuanxiong and identified based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer, large subunit rDNA, and beta-tubulin DNA regions. Our results confirmed the presence of Pithomyces chartarum and Plectosphaerella niemeijerarum in the fungal strains. To the best of our knowledge, the fungal strains have not been reported in Korea. In this report, we describe morphological characteristics and phylogenetic trees of these endophytic fungal strains.
Keywords
Endophytic fungi; Ligusticum chuanxiong; Pithomyces chartarum; Plectosphaerella niemeijerarum;
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