New Species and Two New Records of Ascomycetes from Korea

During a survey of ascomycete fungi diversity in Korea, three isolates EML-FP2-1, EML-RD9, EML-RD8216 were isolated from pomegranate fruit and fecal animal samples. Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed (ITS) regions by BLASTn search indicated that the isolates, EML-FP2-1, EML-RD9, EML-RD8216 were closets to Penicillium sp. CMV-2013p (GenBank accession no. JX140897), Beauveria felina (GenBank accession no. KP269039), Cephalio-phora tropica (GenBank accession no. FJ792583) with identity values of 93.9% (419/446 bp), 99.6% (550/552 bp), 98.9% (552/558 bp), respectively. Based on the morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of multigenes including calmodulin (CaM), beta tubulin (BenA) and RPB2, the EML-FP2-1 isolate was identified as a new Peni-cillium species. The EML-RD9 and EML-RD8216 isolates were identified as new recorded species: Beauveria felina and Cephaliophora tropica, respectively in Korea.