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Characterization of Three Species of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Conifer Leaves in Korea

  • Jae-Wook Choi (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Ju-Hui Gwon (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Jong-Chul Lee (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Hyeok Park (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Ahn-Heum Eom (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • Received : 2022.05.20
  • Accepted : 2022.09.13
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

Endophytic fungi were isolated from needle leaves of two conifer species in Korea. The fungal isolates were identified based on their morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of their internal transcribed spacer and large-subunit rDNA regions. Three species of endophytic fungi, namely Celosporium laricicola, Neocatenulostroma germanicum, and Phaeophleospora eucalypticola were the first records in Korea. In this study, we reported the morphological and phylogenetic characteristics of these fungi.

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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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