Three New Recorded Species of the Physalacriaceae on Ulleung Island, Korea

• Published in: Mycobiology Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 9 - 14
• Main Authors: Park, Ki Hyeong, Kim, Changmu, Kim, Minkyeong, Kim, Nam Kyu, Park, Jae Young, Eimes, John A, Cho, Hae Jin, Han, Sang-Kuk, Lim, Young Woon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Mycology 01-03-2017; 한국균학회
• Subjects: 생물학; Hymenopellis; rDNA-ITS; Physalacriaceae; Ponticulomyces; New records; Paraxerula; Ulleung Island
• ISSN: 1229-8093; 2092-9323
• DOI: 10.5941/MYCO.2017.45.1.9

Most known species in the Physalacriaceae are saprotrophs that grow on decaying leaves and wood, and approximately 21 genera in the Physalacriaceae have been reported worldwide. During an ongoing survey of indigenous fungi in Korea, four specimens belonging to the Physalacriaceae were collected on Ulleung Island. These specimens were identified as three species based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of rDNA-internal transcribed spacer sequences. Three species in three genera were shown to be new records in Korea:
,
, and
. The latter two are the first records of these genera in Korea. In this study, we provide detailed morphological descriptions of these species and describe their phylogenetic position within the Physalacriaceae.