Westerdykella reniformis: A New Record from Field Soils in Korea
Mahesh Adhikari,
Sang Woo Kim,
Byeong Heon Gwon,
Han Jun Ju,
Hyang Burm Lee,
Youn Su Lee
Affiliations
Mahesh Adhikari
Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
Sang Woo Kim
Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
Byeong Heon Gwon
Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
Han Jun Ju
Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
Hyang Burm Lee
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology & Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
Youn Su Lee
Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
During a survey of fungal diversity in different provinces of South Korea in 2017, a new fungal isolate was discovered. This fungal isolate was identified as Westerdykella reniformis, based on its morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 28S ribosomal DNA (28S rDNA) sequence data. To our knowledge, W. reniformis has not previously been reported in South Korea. Thus, in this study, we report a new record of a species from the Dothideomycetes class in Korea, and provide a detailed description with morphological illustrations.
