Report of 10 Unrecorded Fungi from Freshwater Environment in Korea

Research on fungi isolated from freshwater environments contribute to expanding the fungal diversity and species inventory of freshwater ecosystems, as well as aiding in understanding the roles they play within these ecosystems. This study presents detailed descriptions and phylogenetic tree of 10 fungal species isolated from various freshwater environments in South Korea. These species were isolated from freshwater environments, such as plantlitter, sediment, and filtered freshwater. Identification of based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis using the DNA sequences from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), elongation factor (EF1), calmodulin (cmd), β-tubulin (btub), and RNA polymerase II (rpb2) coding genes, depending on the species. The following species were recorded for the first time in Korea: <i>Plectosphaerella pauciseptata</i> NNIBRFG186, <i>Striatibotrys rhabdosporus</i> NNIBRFG2094, <i>Gibellulopsis serrae</i> NNIBRFG1912, <i>Trichoderma hunanense</i> NNIBRFG33378, <i>T. Albofulvopsis</i> NNIBRFG34098, <i>Curvularia americana</i> NNIBRFG34293, <i>Phacidium mollerianum</i> NNIBRFG28409, <i>Mucor brunneogriseus</i> NNIBRFG50199, <i>M. laxorrhizus</i> NNIBRFG37671, and <i>M. pseudolusitanicus</i> NNIBRFG39976.