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Westerdykella reniformis: A New Record from Field Soils in Korea

  • Adhikari, Mahesh (Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang Woo (Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Gwon, Byeong Heon (Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Ju, Han Jun (Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyang Burm (Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology & Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Youn Su (Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2020.02.27
  • Accepted : 2020.03.20
  • Published : 2020.03.31
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Abstract

During a survey of fungal diversity in different provinces of South Korea in 2017, a new fungal isolate was discovered. This fungal isolate was identified as Westerdykella reniformis, based on its morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 28S ribosomal DNA (28S rDNA) sequence data. To our knowledge, W. reniformis has not previously been reported in South Korea. Thus, in this study, we report a new record of a species from the Dothideomycetes class in Korea, and provide a detailed description with morphological illustrations.

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