from Rhizosphere Soil in Terrestrial and Coastal Environments in South Korea.

, the most common genus plays an important ecological role in various terrestrial and marine environments. However, only a few species have been reported from rhizosphere soil. As part of a project to excavate Korean indigenous fungi, we investigated rhizosphere soil of six plants in the forest (terrestrial habitat) and sand dunes (coastal habitat) and focused on discovering species. A total of 64 strains were isolated and identified as 26 species in nine sections based on morphological characteristics and the sequence analysis of β-tubulin and calmodulin. Although this is a small-scale study in a limited rhizosphere soil, eight unrecorded species and four potential new species have been identified. In addition, most species from rhizosphere soil were unique to each plant. , , , , and were commonly isolated from rhizosphere soil. Eight species, , and were recorded for the first time in Korea. Here, we provide the detailed morphological description of these unrecorded species.