title: Two species of endophytic cladosporium in pine trees in Korea.
abstract: During our studies on the diverse endophytic fungi resident on conifer needles, many species of Cladosporium previously unreported in Korea were encountered. In this paper, we report on two species of Cladosporium from the needles of pine trees (Pinus spp.). Based on analyses of internal transcribed spacer gene sequence, and cultural and micromorphological characteristics, they were identified as C. oxysporum and C. sphaerospermum. Both species have not been hitherto reported in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
authors.forename: Narayan Chandra
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Seung Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu
keywords: Cladosporium; Endophytic fungi; ITS gene sequence; Morphological characteristics; Pine tree