Report on a New Truffle Species,Tuber koreanum sp. nov., from Korea |
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| Authors: | Hyeok Park Ju-Hui Gwon Jong-Chul Lee Ahn-Heum Eom |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Biology Education, National University of Education, Cheongju, Republic of Korea;bDivision of Bioresource Bank, Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | The truffle and ectomycorrhizal roots formed by Tuber sp. were collected from the rhizosphere of Quercus aliena in Korea. The morphological characteristics of the ascoma, and molecular phylogenetic analysis using sequences from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU) of ribosomal DNA, translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF), and RNA polymerase second largest subunit (RPB2) regions confirmed the distinct morphology of the truffle. This truffle belongs to a monophyletic clade among the other Tuber species in the phylogeny. This study describes the truffle, Tuber koreanum, as a new species reported from Korea. |
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| Keywords: | Ectomycorrhiza Quercus aliena taxonomy truffle |
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