title: First Report of Stemonitis splendens Rostaf Causing Bark Decay of Oak Logs Used for Shiitake Cultivation in Korea.
abstract: Severe bark decay disease was observed on oak logs at a shiitake cultivation farm in Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam province. The symptoms observed were fruiting bodies that had developed on the top and side surface of oak logs. As a result, the bark came off easily exposing the sapwood. Slime mold specimens collected from oak logs showed developing fruiting bodies comprising of stalks, hypothallus, capillitium, and columella, and the causal agent of bark decay disease was identified as Stemonitis splendens on the basis of morphological characteristics. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Stemonitis splendens causing bark decay of oak logs used for shiitake mushroom cultivation in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Daejung Golf Engineering Co. Ltd., Yongin 449-881, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Da-Ran
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea. ; Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Youn-Sig
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kwak
keywords: Bark decay; Lentinula edodes; Oak log; Stemonitis splendens Rostaf