New Records of Aspergillus allahabadii and Penicillium sizovae from Crop Field Soil in Korea

Abstract

Two new records of Trichocomaceae, namely Aspergillus allahabadii and Penicillium sizovae, were isolated in 2016 during a survey of fungal diversity in different crop fields locations in Gyeongnam, Korea. These species were identified based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analysis using internal transcribed spacer region and β-tubulin-encoding gene sequence data. A. allahabadii and P. sizovae have not yet been reported in Korea. Thus, this is the first report of these species in Korea, and their descriptions as well as details of their morphological characters are presented.

Keywords

• Aspergillus allahabadii
• β-tubulin
• ITS
• Penicillium sizovae
• phylogeny
• taxonomy