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Leptographium bistatum sp. nov., a new species with a Sporothrix synanamorph from Pinus radiata in Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2004

Jae-Jin KIM ,
Young Woon LIM ,
Michael J. WINGFIELD ,
Colette BREUIL  and
Gyu-Hyeok KIM
Jae-Jin KIM
Affiliation:
Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada. E-mail: breuil@interchg.ubc.ca
Young Woon LIM
Affiliation:
Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada. E-mail: breuil@interchg.ubc.ca
Michael J. WINGFIELD
Affiliation:
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Colette BREUIL
Affiliation:
Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada. E-mail: breuil@interchg.ubc.ca
Gyu-Hyeok KIM
Affiliation:
Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea.
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Abstract

Radiata pine (Pinus radiata) lumber from Australia, Chile, and New Zealand is imported into Korea where it represents one of the most important sources of timber. Blue stain of this timber is a serious problem for which an integrated control strategy is being developed. One of the fungi that has been isolated from stained radiata pine sapwood in Korea is a Leptographium sp. that has a distinct Sporothrix synanamorph. The aim of this study was to classify this fungus. Morphological comparisons showed that this fungus is distinct from all other species of Leptographium and especially L. elegans and L. francke-grosmanniae that also have Sporothrix synanamorphs. Comparisons of sequence data for the ITS2 and part of the 28S rDNA genes as well as the β-tubulin gene also confirmed that this fungus represents an undescribed taxon, described here as Leptographium bistatum sp. nov.

Type
Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 108 , Issue 6 , June 2004 , pp. 699 - 706
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2004

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