First Report of Stemonitis splendens Rostaf Causing Bark Decay of Oak Logs Used for Shiitake Cultivation in Korea.
10.5941/MYCO.2014.42.3.279
- Author:
Jung Han LEE
1
;
Da Ran KIM
;
Youn Sig KWAK
Author Information
1. Daejung Golf Engineering Co. Ltd., Yongin 449-881, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Bark decay;
Lentinula edodes;
Oak log;
Stemonitis splendens Rostaf
- MeSH:
Fruit;
Fungi;
Korea;
Shiitake Mushrooms
- From:Mycobiology
2014;42(3):279-281
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Severe bark decay disease was observed on oak logs at a shiitake cultivation farm in Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam province. The symptoms observed were fruiting bodies that had developed on the top and side surface of oak logs. As a result, the bark came off easily exposing the sapwood. Slime mold specimens collected from oak logs showed developing fruiting bodies comprising of stalks, hypothallus, capillitium, and columella, and the causal agent of bark decay disease was identified as Stemonitis splendens on the basis of morphological characteristics. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Stemonitis splendens causing bark decay of oak logs used for shiitake mushroom cultivation in Korea.
