• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.38-40
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.77-78
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.79-80
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• 2005

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.480-489
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• 2017

We investigated a suitable method for in vitro germination of spores, propagation of prothalli, and the formation of sporophytes in the fern Dryopteris nipponensis Koidz. Spore germination rate was relatively high regardless of culture medium. Prothallus development was faster in Knop medium than in Murashige and Skoog (MS) media. Prothalli used in all experiments were obtained from germinated spores, and were cultivated in different concentrations of media components. The active formation of sexual organs such as antheridium made 1MS medium suitable for prothallus propagation, although there was a lower propagation ratio compared to Knop medium. Growth and morphogenesis of prothalli were most effective on 1MS medium containing 2% sucrose, and 60 mM of total nitrogen source with 20:40 mM ratio of $NH_4{^+}:NO_3{^-}$. To select a suitable soil composition for sporophyte formation, ground prothalli were cultivated on single and mixed soils using bed soil, peat moss, perlite, and decomposed granite for 14 weeks. Bed soil promoted sporophyte formation and growth regardless of single or mixed use. In particular, a mixture of bed soil and decomposed granite in a 2:1 ratio (v:v) led to accelerated sporophyte formation ($0.83/cm^2$).

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.119-126
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• 2019

This study was conducted to investigate the optimal culture method for gametophyte and sporophyte propagation in Coniogramme japonica (Thunb.) Diels, which can be used in various fields. The propagation of prothallus were cultured in 1/4 - 1 Murashige and Skoog medium and Knop medium for 10 weeks. The results indicated that the fresh weight of prothallus was the highest (14.5 g) in 1MS medium. Subsequently, various concentrations of sucrose, activated charcoal and nitrogen source were also added to 1MS medium and cultured for 8 weeks. The results provided that the sucrose concentration was 3% and the fresh weight of prothallus was the highest 10.8 g. According to the concentration in the range of 8.8 ~ 10.8 g, in the case of activated charcoal, the four treatments showed no significant difference. The nitrogen source was added at a concentration of 30, 60 and 120 mM with the ratio of ${NH_4}^+:{NO_3}^-$ being 1 : 2. As a result, the fresh weight of all treatments increased to similar level but there was no significant difference. We investigated sporophyte formation according to soil type and the highest number of sporophytes at 228.0 was formed in soils mixed with horticultural substrate and decomposed granite at 2 : 1 (v : v). On the other hand, sporophyte was not formed in soils containing peatmoss except for the one with peatmoss and decomposed granite at 2 : 1 (v : v).

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.454-461
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• 2017

This study was conducted to investigate the optimal conditions for spore germination, prothallus propagation, sporophyte formation, and seedling growth in Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) $F{\acute{e}}e$. The rate of spore germination and early prothalium development was high in Knop (41.2%), which had low mineral content. The optimal medium for prothallus propagation and sexual organ formation was 2MS medium (2% sucrose). Among the various mixtures of cultivation soil (bedding soil, peat moss, perlite, and decomposed granite), a mixture of bedding soil and decomposed granite at a ratio of 2:1 (v:v) had a positive effect on sporophyte formation (276.3 ea/$7.5m^2$). The most efficient conditions for promoting the growth of sporophytes were pots filled with only bedding soil.

• Mycobiology
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.20-29
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• 2022

Aspicilia humida Lee is described as a new lichen-forming fungus from a wetland forest, South Korea. The new species is distinguishable from Aspicilia aquatica (Fr.) Körb., the most similar species, by the absence of prothallus, black disk without green color in water, olivebrown epihymenium, shorter hymenium, hymenium I + yellowish blue-green, wider paraphysial tips without a vivid pigment, smaller asci, smaller ascospores, and the presence of stictic acid. Molecular analyses employing internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU) sequences strongly support A. humida as a distinct species in the A. cinerea group. A surrogate key is provided to assist in the identification of all 28 aspicilioid species of Korea.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.131-141
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• 2017

This study was conducted to investigate in vitro mass propagation methods suitable for each growth stage of A. aristata (G. Forst.) Tindale, from spore germination to sporophyte formation. Among spores germinated in $1/8-1{\times}MS$ medium and Knop medium, Knop medium yielded the highest germination percentage (87.1%). We cultured prothalli obtained from germinating spores for 8 weeks on media with different concentrations of sucrose and active carbon, as well as different concentrations and ratios of nitrogen, to select a suitable growth medium. A. aristata (G. Forst.) Tindale prothalli grew most actively in MS medium with 3% sucrose and 20 : 40 mM of $NH_4Cl$ and $KNO_3$ (total concentration of 60 mM). We investigated sporophyte formation according to soil type, finding that bedding soil mixed with perlite at a 2 : 1(v / v) ratio yielded the highest number of sporophytes per pot ($73.8/7.5{\times}7.5cm\;pot$). By contrast, when peat moss was used alone or mixed with other substrates, prothallus development and sporophyte formation were suppressed. Therefore, the most effective propagation method for A. aristata (G. Forst.) Tindale is to grow prothalli in MS medium and to induce sporophyte formation in a mixture of bedding soil and perlite (v / v = 2 : 1).

• Mycobiology
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.202-216
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• 2016

Arthonia coreana, Arthonia superpallens, and Arthonia zelkovae are new species from South Korea. All new species are in the Euarthonia tribe, based on the key characteristics of colorless hypothecium and multi-cellular spores. A. coreana has a dull brownish hypophloedal thallus without bleaching and rounded or curved big apothecia in comparison with those of Arthonia punctiformis. A. coreana consistently exhibits 4-septate ascospores, which is a distinctive characteristic that distinguishes it from other Arthonia species. A. superpallens has a white-greenish thallus, pale yellowish apothecia, and a trentepohlioid alga. However, A. superpallens has no distinct prothallus, adnate, and convex apothecia, no pycnidia, and is UV-, in contrast with related species in the Arthonia antillarum group. A. zelkovae has a white, epiphloedal thallus, brownish-black epruinose apothecia covered with a whitish bark layer, and smaller ascospores in comparison with those of A. punctiformis. A. zelkovae consists of a chlorococcoid alga, which differs from related Arthonia species such as A. punctiformis, Arthonia pinastri, and Arthonia glaucella. Although A. zelkovae is similar to Arthonia dispersa in its white-colored thallus, blackish apothecia, and the presence of a chlorococcoid photobiont, A. zelkovae differs from the latter in having larger-sized 3-septate ascospores. Arthonia cinnabarina f. marginata, A. glaucella, Arthonia ilicinella, Arthonia lapidicola, Arthonia leioplacella, Arthonia pertabescens, A. pinastri, Arthonia spadicea, and Arthonia stellaris are newly described in Korea. The diagnostic characteristics of these species are discussed and presented. An artificial key is provided to facilitate identification of Arthonia species from Northeast Asia.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.71-71
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• 2018

본 연구는 각시톱시네고사리(Dryopteris hangchowensis Ching)의 전엽체 증식 및 포자체 형성을 위한 번식방법을 구명하고자 수행되었다. 각시톱지네고사리의 식물체를 무가온 온실에 재배하면서 포자를 채취하였으며, 수집된 포자는 기내에서 발아시켜 전엽체를 획득한 다음 계대배양하면서 실험의 재료로 사용하였다. 전엽체 대량증식을 위하여 1/4, 1/2, 1배로 조절한 MS배지와 Knop배지를 조성하였다. 이후 전엽체 300mg을 균일하게 다져 조성된 배지에 8주간 배양하였다. 연구의 결과, 전엽체의 생체중은 1/2MS와 1/4MS에서 3.4g으로 가장 많이 증가하였다. 현미경 관찰의 결과, 두 배지 모두 정상적인 전엽체의 형태로 발달하였으며, 생육도 양호하였다. 포자체 형성을 위한 적정 배양토의 혼합조건을 확인하고자 원예상토, 피트모스, 펄라이트 및 마사토의 혼합비율을 5종류로 달리하여 조성하였다. 준비된 배양토를 사각분($7.5{\times}7.5{\times}7.5cm$)에 충진 후 기내 배양한 전엽체 1g과 증류수를 함께 10초간 분쇄하여 토양표면에 균일하게 분주한 다음 12주간 재배하였다. 연구의 결과, 원예상토, 피트모스, 펄라이트를 1:1:1(v:v:v) 비율로 혼합한 토양에서 포트 당 223.7개로 가장 많은 포자체가 형성되었다. 또한 형성된 포자체의 생육을 조사한 결과, 상기 토양에서 생체중, 엽수, 엽장, 엽폭, 근수, 근장 및 SPAD value 등의 생육수치가 우수하였다. 따라서 각시톱시네고사리의 전엽체 증식에 적합한 배지는 경제성과 생육수준을 고려하여 1/4MS 배지가 적합하며, 포자체 대량생산을 위해서는 원예상토, 피트모스, 펄라이트를 1:1:1(v:v:v)로 혼합한 토양이 적합하다고 판단되었다.