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

• Main Authors: Setu Bazie Tagele, Mahesh Adhikari, Sun Kumar Gurung, Hyun Gu Lee, Sang Woo Kim, Hyun Seung Kim, Han Jun Ju, Byeong Heon Gwon, San Kosol, Hyang Burm Lee, Youn Su Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-10-01
• Series: Mycobiology
• Subjects: Aspergillus allahabadii; β-tubulin; ITS; Penicillium sizovae; phylogeny; taxonomy
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2018.1538069

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.