Additions to the Knowledge of the Fungal Order Eurotiales in Korea: Eight Undescribed Species

Thuong T T Nguyen; Ki Hyun Kang; Dong Hee Kim; Su Jin Kim; Hye Yeon Mun; Wonsu Cheon; Hyang Burm Lee

doi:10.1080/12298093.2023.2290759

Additions to the Knowledge of the Fungal Order Eurotiales in Korea: Eight Undescribed Species

Mycobiology. 2023 Dec 27;51(6):417-435. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2023.2290759. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Thuong T T Nguyen¹, Ki Hyun Kang¹, Dong Hee Kim¹, Su Jin Kim¹, Hye Yeon Mun², Wonsu Cheon², Hyang Burm Lee¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Environmental Microbiology Lab, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea.
² Microbial Research Department, Fungal Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju, South Korea.

Abstract

Eurotiales is a relatively large order of Ascomycetes, well-known for their ability to produce secondary metabolites with potential beneficial applications. To understand their diversity and distribution, different environmental sources including soil, freshwater, insect, and indoor air were investigated. Eight strains of Eurotiales were isolated and identified based on their morphological characters and a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis of the ITS, BenA, CaM, and RPB2 regions. We identified eight taxa that were previously not reported from Korea: Aspergillus baeticus, A. griseoaurantiacus, A. spinulosporus, Penicillium anthracinoglaciei, P. labradorum, P. nalgiovense, Talaromyces atroroseus, and T. georgiensis. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic tree for the eight new records species are presented, and information regarding the records is also discussed.

Keywords: Eurotiales; freshwater; insect; morphology; phylogeny; soil.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Fungal Species of Korea Project (NIBR202203204) funded by the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) of the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and by the Discovery of Fungi from Freshwater and their Collection for Fungaria Project (NNIBR202201206) funded by the Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR) of the Ministry of Environment (Korea). This study was also supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT (Korea) (2022M3H9A1082984) and Chonnam National University [Grant Number 2020-2098]. This work was also partly supported by the Graduate Program for the Undiscovered Taxa of Korea and in part carried out with the support of Cooperative Research Program (RS-2023-00259880) for Agriculture Science and Technology Development, Rural Development Administration, Korea.