First report of Ganoderma gibbosum (Ganodermataceae, Basidiomycota), a wood-rotting fungus of urban trees in Korea

Abstract

Ganoderma (Ganodermataceae, Basidiomycota) species are medicinally and economically important wood-decaying fungi occurring throughout the world. Since 2022, unrecorded Ganoderma species have been collected in Jinju and Busan, Korea. The hosts of the fungal species were Platanus and Prunus species. Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis, this species was identified as Ganoderma gibbosum. Description, macroscopic and microscopic photographs, and a phylogeny based on ITS sequences were provided here.

Keywords

• Ganoderma
• macrofungi
• morphology
• phylogeny
• taxonomy
• wood-decay fungi