Diversity of Wood-Inhabiting Polyporoid and Corticioid Fungi in Odaesan National Park, Korea.
Polyporoid and corticioid fungi are among the most important wood-decay fungi. Not only do they contribute to nutrient cycling by decomposing wood debris, but they are also valuable sources for natural products. Polyporoid and corticioid wood-inhabiting fungi were investigated in Odaesan National Park. Fruit bodies were collected and identified based on morphological and molecular analyses using 28S and internal transcribed spacer regions of DNA sequences. As a result, a total of 149 species, 69 genera, 22 families, and 11 orders were recognized. Half (74 species) of the species were polypores, and the other half (75 species) were corticioid fungi. Most of the species belonged to Polyporales (92 species) followed by Hymenochaetales (33 species) and Russulales (11 species). At the genus level, a high number of species was observed fromSteccherinum,Hyphodontia,Phanerochaete,Postia, andTrametes. Concerning distribution, almost all the species could be found below 1,000 m, and only 20% of the species were observed from above 1,000 m.Stereum subtomentosum,Trametes versicolor,T. hirsuta,T. pubescens,Bjerkandera adusta, andGanoderma applanatumhad wide distribution areas. Deciduous wood was the preferred substrate for the collected species. Sixty-three species were new to this region, and 21 species were new to Korea, of which 17 species were described and illustrated.
Division of Wood Chemistry & Microbiology, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul 02455, Korea.
Yeongseon
Y
Jang
Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Seokyoon
S
Jang
Division of Wood Chemistry & Microbiology, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul 02455, Korea.
Jaejung
J
Lee
Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Hanbyul
H
Lee
School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
Young Woon
YW
Lim
National Institute of Biological Resources, Environmental Research Complex, Incheon 22689, Korea.
Changmu
C
Kim
Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Jae-Jin
JJ
Kim
Corticioid fungi; ITS; Polyporoid fungi; Taxonomy; nLSU