- Introduction of Saxicolous Lichens Distributed in Coastal Rocks of U-do Islet in Jeju, Korea
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Hyung-Yeel Kahng , Byoung-Jun Yoon , Sung-Hyun Kim , Duck-Ja Shin , Jae-Seoun Hur , Hyun-Woo Kim , Eui-Sung Kang , Kye-Heon Oh , Young Jin Koh
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J. Microbiol. 2004;42(4):292-298.
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DOI: https://doi.org/2108 [pii]
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This study reports, for the first time, the ivestigation of the distribution of Korean saxicolous lichens in the coastal rocks of U-do islet, which is known as an unpolluted zone in Jeju. More than thirty lichens were obtained and investigated from the coastal rocks frequently contacted by seawater. A molecular analysis using PCR amplification of the rRNA ITS regions revealed the coastal rock lichens could be placed into 8 families and 14 genera, Ramalinaceae (Bacidia, Ramalina), Physciaceae (Buellia, Dirinaria, Phaeophyscia, Physcia, Pyxine), Lecanoraceae (Candelaria, Lecanora), Parmeliaceae (Xanthoparmelia), Graphidaceae (Graphis), Pertusariaceae (Pertusaria), Rhizocarpaceae (Rhizocarpon), and Teloschistaceae (Caloplaca), showing a diversity of lichens, with foliose (flat leaf-like), crustose (crust-like), and fruticose (miniature shrub-like) life forms might be distributed in the coastal rocks. These findings suggested the possibility that the lichens identified in the present work might be resistant to a salty environment.
- Distribution of Lichen Flora on South Korea
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Jae-Seoun Hur , Hiroshi Harada , Soon-Ok Oh , Kwang-Mi Lim , Eui-Sung Kang , Seung Mi Lee , Hyung-Yeel Kahng , Hyun-Woo Kim , Jae-Sung Jung , Young Jin Koh
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J. Microbiol. 2004;42(2):163-167.
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After an overview on the temporary situation of the lichenology in South Korea, localities of 95 macrolichen taxa are reported for South Korea. In this revised lichen flora of South Korea, 16 species are apparently new to the territory. Voucher specimens have been deposited in the Korean Lichen Research Institute (KoLRI) at Sunchon National University in Korea, and duplicates have also been donated to the National History Museum and Institute, in Chiba, (CBM) Japan.
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