<i>Scytalidium terrigenum</i> sp. nov., a New Species Isolated from Soil in Korea.

ABSTRACT: During an investigation of soil microfungi in Korea, a fungal strain designated KNUF-23-236 was isolated from a soil sample collected in Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. Molecular analyses using the ITS regions and the LSU, SSU, and RPB2 genes revealed that Scytalidium aurantiacum and Scytalidium album are its close phylogenetic relatives, with sequence similarity levels ranging from 93.8% to 100.0%. However, based on cultural and morphological characteristics strain KNUF-23-236 differs from S. aurantiacum and S. album by having white-to-yellow colonies without reddish pigmentation, smaller hyphae (1.4-3.4 μm vs. 1.6-4.8 μm and 3.2-8.0 μm, respectively), arthrospores that transition from hyaline to brown rather than remaining consiste

SUBMITTER: Jeong YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11956102 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature