• Mycobiology
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.464-475
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• 2020

Acervus (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales) is a saprobic genus in Pezizomycetes, characterized by colored apothecia, subcylindrical to cylindrical asci and guttulate ascospores. We collected four Acervus samples from China and Thailand. Descriptions and illustrations are introduced for all fresh samples. One new record of A. globulosus from Thailand, one new species, A. rufus, two known species, A. epispartius and A. stipitatus from China are reported. Phylogenetic analysis based on five genes, the large subunit rRNA (LSU), the translation elongation factor-1 alpha (tef1-α), the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rpb2), the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rpb1), and the small subunit rRNA (SSU), revealed the distinct position of the new species. The new species is set apart by its red apothecia. A key to Acervus species is also given.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.523-531
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• 2020

This study focused on the isolation and characterization of wild yeasts in Korea. The yeasts were identified by phylogenetically analyzing the D1/D2 domains of the 26S rDNA regions. Consequently, we identified seven strains, NNIBRFG856, NNIBRFG3732, NNIBRFG3734, NNIBRFG3738, NNIBRFG3739, NNIBRFG5497, and NNIBRFG6049, which were confirmed to be Kabatiella microsticta, Pichia membranifaciens, Candida vartiovaarae, Candida sake, Debaryomyces hansenii, Candida railenensis, and Schwanniomyces polymorphus, respectively, all of them being new in Korea. Morphological and cultural characteristics of these yeast species were investigated. None of the strains formed ascospores or pseudomycelia. Moreover, these yeasts grew in a pH range of 4-8. NNIBRFG3732, NNIBRFG3738, NNIBRFG3739, NNIBRFG5497, and NNIBRFG6049 were halotolerant or halophilic, and NNIBRFG3732, NNIBRFG3734, and NNIBRFG6049 grew in vitamin-free medium. NNIBRFG3732, NIBRFG3739, and NNIBRFG6049 grew at 35 ℃, but not at 40 ℃.

• Mycobiology
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.213-218
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• 2022

The genus Mitrula (Mitrulaceae, Helotiales), as also known as swamp beacons, inhabits submerged, decaying vegetation in standing or decaying needles, twigs, leaves, and shallow water. They play an important role in carbon cycling in some freshwater ecosystems. In the herbarium of the Korea National Arboretum (KH), seven Mitrula specimens were collected during mushroom forays in the period from 2019 to 2021. The Korean collections were found to be macromorphologically closely related to M. paludosa and M. elegans, but micro-morphologically they could be distinguished by characteristics of slightly narrower asci and aseptate ascospores. Our molecular phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 28S rDNA regions also revealed that our specimens were related to M. paludosa and M. elegans, but formed a distinct clade. Based on these results, we reported our specimens as new to science and discussed the phylogeny and diversity of Mitrula species.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2023

A powdery mildew (Erysiphaceae) has been continuously collected on the leaves of Lonicera harae in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, where this shrub is indigenous. Microscopic examination of the asexual morphs revealed that the current collections are differentiated from the all known Erysiphe species on Lonicera spp. by its longer conidiophores and longer conidia. Although the morphology of the chasmothecia is reminiscent of Erysiphe ehrenbergii and E. lonicerae, the specimens on L. harae differ from them in having smaller ascospores. A phylogenetic tree generated from a combined dataset of the internal transcribed spacer region and 28S rDNA gene sequences demonstrates that sequences obtained from three powdery mildew collections on L. harae clustered together as an independent species clade with high bootstrap values distant from other Erysiphe species on Lonicera, representing a species of its own. Based on morphological differences and molecular-phylogenetic results, the powdery mildew on L. harae is proposed as a new species, Erysiphe lonicerigena, and the holomorph of the fungus is described and illustrated in this study.

• Mycobiology
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.100-106
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• 2012

Interest in commercial cultivation and product development of Cordyceps species has shown a recent increase. Due to its biochemical and pharmacological effects, Cordyceps militaris, commonly known as orange caterpillar fungus, is being investigated with great interest. Cultivation of C. militaris has been practiced on a large scale in order to fulfill a demand for scientific investigation and product development. Isolates of C. militaris can be easily established from both spores and tissue. For isolation of spores, ascospores released from mature stromata are trapped in sterile medium. Multi-ascospore isolates, as well as combinations of single ascospore strains, are used for production of fruiting bodies. Progeny ascospore strains can be isolated from artificial fruiting bodies, thus, the cycle of fruiting body production can be continued for a long period of time. In this study, we examined fruiting body production from multi-ascospore isolates and their progeny strains for three generations. $F_1$ progeny strains generally produced a larger number of fruiting bodies, compared with their mother multi-ascospore isolates; however, $F_2$ and $F_3$ progeny strains produced fewer fruiting bodies. Optimum preservation conditions could help to increase the vitality of the progeny strains. In order to retain the fruiting ability of the strains, further testing of various methods of preservation and different methods for isolation should be performed.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.242-245
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• 2000

In 1999 and 2000, a rot of graft-cacti including Hylocereus trigonus (three-angled cactus), Gymnocalycium mihanovichii, and Chamaecereus silvestrii occurred in several greenhouses in major cactus-growing areas of Korea. Typical symptoms included a moist, light brown rot or a watery rot of the stems. A Colletotrichum sp. was isolated from the lesions. The fungus formed dark gray, dense or floccose colonies on potato dextrose agar, frequently forming many light pink acervuli often surrounded with setae. The hyaline, cylindrical conidia were one-celled with round ends. Appressoria were mostly semicircular or clavate. Thin-walled asci contained eight, one-celled, hyaline ascospores (biseriate in ascus). Ascopspores were strainht or curved, ellipsoidal or subcylindrical. Based on these characteristics, the fungus was identified as Glomerlla cingulata (anamorph : C. gloeosporioides). Wound inoculation of basal stems of the cactus by the mycelial plugs or conidia produced symptoms identical to those described above. Various cactus species were compared in susceptibility using stem disc inoculation. Cereus tetragonus, Eriocereus jusbertii, Myrtillocactus geomentrizans, and three-angled cacti from Mexico and Taiwan were susceptible, but C. peruvianus (Peruvian apple cactus) and Harrisia tortuosa not. This is the first report of G. cingulata causing stem rot of graft-cactus in Korea.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.75-81
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• 1998

자연계로부터 분리한 효모중에서 새우젓으로부터 분리한 효모균주 504D가 alkaline 조건에서 가장 우수한 proteinase 생산성을 보여 분류동정하였다. 분리효모의 형태학적 특성은 주로 영양세포로 출아증식을 하였으나, citric acid가 함유된 MM 배지에서만 위균사를 형성하였고, N-acetylglucosamin과 ${\beta}$-D-glucose가 첨가된 MM 배지에서만 진균사를 형성하였다. 유성적으로 자낭포자를 형성함으로써 반자낭균류이었고, 무성적으로 출아포자 및 분절 포자를 형성하였다. 생리생화학적인 특성으로 대부분의 탄소원과 nitrate 및 nitrate를 이용하지 못하였으나 일부 유기산과 알콜류를 이용하였다. 세포지방산을 분석한 결과, 불포화지방산 53.67%와 포화지방산 14.58%로 나타났으며, 대조균들에는 관찰되지 않는 C17:1이 관찰되었다. 전체적인 실험결과에서 분리균은 균사형성능과 세포지방산의 조성에서 약간의 차이를 제외하면 대조균 Saccharomycopsis lipolytica KCCM 12495 및 KCCM 35426의 모든 특성들과 거의 동일하여 분리효모 504D를 Yarrowia lipolytica로 동정하였다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2016

우리나라 토양 중의 효모 종 다양성 조사의 일환으로 서울특별시 H동 허브공원 일대 토양 29점을 2015년 5월에 수집하여 9종 15균주의 야생효모들을 polymerase chain reaction 을 이용한 internal transcribed spacer 부위와 26S rDNA의 D1/D2 부위의 염기서열 상동성 비교법을 이용하여 분리, 동정하였다. 이들 가운데 Cryptococcus laurentii 2균주를 포함하는 Cryptococcus속 균이 8균주로 가장 많이 분리되었고 Saccharomyces cerevisiae도 2균주 분리되었다. 이들 가운데 아직까지 우리나라 미생물 관련 학술지에 보고되지 않은 Candida boleticola SU14-2와 Candida novakii SU6-2, Cryptococcus podzolicus SU18-2 등의 미기록 효모들을 선별한 후 이들의 미생물학적 특성을 조사한 결과 Candida novakii SU6-2는 자낭포자와 의균사를 형성하였고 Candida boleticola SU14-2는 5% NaCl을 함유한 YPD 배지에서 생육하는 호염성 효모이었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.359-365
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• 2012

We investigated leaf disease intensity of Kalopanax septemlobus (prickly castor oil tree) caused by the parasitic fungus Mycosphaerella acanthopanacis, in thirty natural host populations in the Japanese Archipelago. The disease intensity observed for individual trees were analyzed using a generalized additive model as a function of tree size, tree density, climatic terms and spatial trend surface. Individual tree size and conspecific tree density were shown to have significant negative and positive effects on disease intensity, respectively. The findings suggest that the probability of disease infection is partly determined by dispersal of infection agents (ascospores) from the fallen leaves on the ground, which can be enhanced by aggregation of host trees in a forest stand. Regional-scale spatial bias was also present in disease intensity; the populations in northern Japan and southern Kyushu were more severely infected by the fungus than those in southwestern Honshu and Shikoku. Regional variation of disease intensity was explained by both climatic factors and a trend surface term, with a latitudinal cline detected, which increases towards the north. Further research should be conducted in order to understand all of the factors generating the latitudinal cline detected in this study.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2018

본 연구는 알코올 발효능이 우수한 야생 효모를 막걸리 발효에 응용할 목적으로 충남 예산군 예당저수지 야생화에서 분리한 비병원성 야생 효모들 중 에탄올 생산 우수 효모로 선발한 Aureobasidium pullulans P-1의 균학적 특성과 막걸리 발효 조건을 조사하였다. A. pullulans P-1는 출아에 의해 영양증식을 하였고 자낭포자를 생성하는 유포자 효모로서 내당성과 에탄올 내성이 강한 호염성 야생 효모이었다. A. pullulans P-1의 yeast extract-peptone-dextrose 배양액을 주모로 증자미와 입국과 물이 혼합된 술밑에 5% 첨가한 후 $25^{\circ}C$에서 1~10일간 발효시키면서 발효 중의 이화학적 성질의 변화를 조사한 결과, 에탄올 함량은 $25^{\circ}C$로 10일간 발효시켰을 때 가장 많은 8.45%를 생성하였고 관능 특성이 우수하였으며 항고혈압 활성 안지오텐신 전환효소 저해활성이 71.1%로 높았다.