Three New Recorded Species of the Physalacriaceae on Ulleung Island, Korea.

Author: Ki Hyeong PARK ¹ ; Changmu KIM ; Minkyeong KIM ; Nam Kyu KIM ; Jae Young PARK ; John A EIMES ; Hae Jin CHO ; Sang Kuk HAN ; Young Woon LIM
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1. School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. ywlim@snu.ac.kr
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Hymenopellis; New records; Paraxerula; Physalacriaceae; Ponticulomyces; rDNA-ITS; Ulleung Island
MeSH: Fungi; Korea*; Wood
From:Mycobiology 2017;45(1):9-14
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Most known species in the Physalacriaceae are saprotrophs that grow on decaying leaves and wood, and approximately 21 genera in the Physalacriaceae have been reported worldwide. During an ongoing survey of indigenous fungi in Korea, four specimens belonging to the Physalacriaceae were collected on Ulleung Island. These specimens were identified as three species based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of rDNA-internal transcribed spacer sequences. Three species in three genera were shown to be new records in Korea: Hymenopellis orientalis, Paraxerula hongoi, and Ponticulomyces orientalis. The latter two are the first records of these genera in Korea. In this study, we provide detailed morphological descriptions of these species and describe their phylogenetic position within the Physalacriaceae.