title: New Record of Xylaria persicaria on Liquidambar Fruits in Korea.
abstract: Some Xylaria materials growing on the fruits of Liquidambar spp. were collected. They were identified as X. persicaria on the basis of morphological characteristics and sequence analysis of the complete ITS region (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) of rDNA. This is the first record of this species from Korea.
authors.affiliation: Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Gu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hyeon-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Shin
keywords: ITS; Identification; Korea; Liquidambar; Xylaria