Morphological and Phylogenetic Characterization of Five Unrecorded Endophytic Fungal Species from Woody Plants in Korea
- 1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju, South Korea
Abstract
Endophytic fungi were isolated from woody plants collected in Korea, and five species were identified as unrecorded species in Korea: Keithomyces apolzaniae, Muyocopron ficinum, Nagrajchalara neonawawii, Neodidymelliopsis negundinis, and Purimyces endophyticus. The isolates were obtained from the roots or twigs of Rhododendron mucronulatum, Corylus heterophylla, and Taxus cuspidata. Species identification was based on cultural and microscopic characteristics together with multilocus phylogenetic analyses using different combinations of ITS, LSU, SSU, TUB2, and RPB2 sequences, depending on the taxon. The isolates generally showed morphological characteristics consistent with previous descriptions and clustered with reference strains of the corresponding species in maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analyses. These findings add five endophytic fungal species to the Korean mycobiota and expand current knowledge of fungal diversity associated with woody plants.
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BibTeX
@article{kim2026morphological,
title = {{Morphological and Phylogenetic Characterization of Five Unrecorded Endophytic Fungal Species from Woody Plants in Korea}},
author = {Tae-Ho Kim and Seong-Eun Kim and Yu-Na Choi and Ahn-Heum Eom},
journal = {Mycobiology},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1080/12298093.2026.2752630},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2026.2752630},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Morphological and Phylogenetic Characterization of Five Unrecorded Endophytic Fungal Species from Woody Plants in Korea
AU - Tae-Ho Kim
AU - Seong-Eun Kim
AU - Yu-Na Choi
AU - Ahn-Heum Eom
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/01
JO - Mycobiology
DO - 10.1080/12298093.2026.2752630
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2026.2752630
AB - Endophytic fungi were isolated from woody plants collected in Korea, and five species were identified as unrecorded species in Korea: Keithomyces apolzaniae, Muyocopron ficinum, Nagrajchalara neonawawii, Neodidymelliopsis negundinis, and Purimyces endophyticus. The isolates were obtained from the roots or twigs of Rhododendron mucronulatum, Corylus heterophylla, and Taxus cuspidata. Species identification was based on cultural and microscopic characteristics together with multilocus phylogenetic analyses using different combinations of ITS, LSU, SSU, TUB2, and RPB2 sequences, depending on the taxon. The isolates generally showed morphological characteristics consistent with previous descriptions and clustered with reference strains of the corresponding species in maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analyses. These findings add five endophytic fungal species to the Korean mycobiota and expand current knowledge of fungal diversity associated with woody plants.
SN - 2092-9323
SN - 1229-8093
ER -