A New Species and Three New Records Belonging to Mucorales and Mortierellales from Korea

Thuong T T Nguyen; Ki Hyun Kang; Su Jin Kim; Min Kyung Kim; So Jeong Noh; Hyang Burm Lee

doi:10.1080/12298093.2024.2434293

A New Species and Three New Records Belonging to Mucorales and Mortierellales from Korea

Mycobiology. 2025 Jan 7;52(6):464-476. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2024.2434293. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Thuong T T Nguyen¹, Ki Hyun Kang¹, Su Jin Kim¹, Min Kyung Kim¹, So Jeong Noh¹, Hyang Burm Lee¹

Affiliation

¹ Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

During an investigation of fungi of the orders Mucorales and Mortierellales in Korea, a new Backusella species, Backusella terrestris sp. nov., and three new records, Entomortierella sugadairana, Mucor nederlandicus, and Poitrasia circinans, were found in soil and freshwater samples. All species are described based on morphological and molecular evidence. Backusella terrestris is characterized by globose or subglobose sporangiospores, a variable (globose, subglobose, oval, or oblong) columellae, chlamydospore production, and a maximum growth temperature of 34 °C. The distinct characteristics of the new species and their closely related species are discussed. An identification key to the Backusella species of Korea is also presented.

Keywords: Morphology; Mortierellales; Mucorales; phylogeny; taxonomy.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Project on Graduate Program for the Undiscovered Taxa of Korea (NIBRE202403) funded by NIBR and was partially supported by the Project on Discovery of Fungi from Freshwater and their Collection for Fungaria funded by NNIBR, Republic of Korea.