The Korea Mushroom Resource Bank (KMRB) was launched as a national research resource bank in 2015 by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The main goal of the KMRB is to secure important biological resources, mushroom-forming basidiomycota, significant sources of fundamental and novel substances and materials, as dried specimen, cultures, and genomic DNA. For wider application of fungal resources in education, medicinal and industrial uses, the KMRB will undertake following tasks: 1) Survey natural environments across Korea to catalogue mushroom diversity, 2) Establish resource management system based on accurate identification of mushroom, 3) Evaluate the usefulness of the discovered mushroom, 4) Create a secure preservation and loan system. With a global focus on utilizing natural resources, mushroom resources provide excellent opportunities for academic research, and discovering novel substances for use as medicine and energy.

The Korea Mushroom Resource Bank (KMRB) was launched as a national research resource bank in 2015 by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The main goal of the KMRB is to secure important biological resources, mushroom-forming basidiomycota, significant sources of fundamental and novel substances and materials, as dried specimen, cultures, and genomic DNA. For wider application of fungal resources in education, medicinal and industrial uses, the KMRB will undertake following tasks: 1) Survey natural environments across Korea to catalogue mushroom diversity, 2) Establish resource management system based on accurate identification of mushroom, 3) Evaluate the usefulness of the discovered mushroom, 4) Create a secure preservation and loan system. With a global focus on utilizing natural resources, mushroom resources provide excellent opportunities for academic research, and discovering novel substances for use as medicine and energy.

Most known species in the Strophariaceae are decomposers and grow on various kind of organic matter. Approximately 18 genera and 1,316 species in the Strophariaceae have been reported worldwide. Through an ongoing survey of indigenous fungi in Korea, 29 specimens belonging to the Strophariaceae were collected from 2012 to 2016. These specimens were identified based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer sequences. Fifteen taxa were confirmed, with eight species matching those previously recorded. Seven species in five genera were shown to be new records in Korea: Galerina marginata, Gymnopilus crociphyllus, Gymnopilus picreus, Hebeloma birrus, Hebeloma cavipes, Pholiota multicingulata, and Psilocybe thaizapoteca. In this study, we provide detailed morphological descriptions of these species and investigate their evolutionary relationships by constructing phylogenetic trees.

The Korea Mushroom Resource Bank (KMRB) was launched as a national research resource bank in 2015 by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The main goal of the KMRB is to secure important biological resources, mushroom-forming basidiomycota, significant sources of fundamental and novel substances and materials, as dried specimen, cultures, and genomic DNA. For wider application of fungal resources in education, medicinal and industrial uses, the KMRB will undertake following tasks: 1) Survey natural environments across Korea to catalogue mushroom diversity, 2) Establish resource management system based on accurate identification of mushroom, 3) Evaluate the usefulness of the discovered mushroom, 4) Create a secure preservation and loan system. With a global focus on utilizing natural resources, mushroom resources provide excellent opportunities for academic research, and discovering novel substances for use as medicine and energy.

The Korea Mushroom Resource Bank (KMRB) was launched as a national research resource bank in 2015 by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The main goal of the KMRB is to secure important biological resources, mushroom-forming basidiomycota, significant sources of fundamental and novel substances and materials, as dried specimen, cultures, and genomic DNA. For wider application of fungal resources in education, medicinal and industrial uses, the KMRB will undertake following tasks: 1) Survey natural environments across Korea to catalogue mushroom diversity, 2) Establish resource management system based on accurate identification of mushroom, 3) Evaluate the usefulness of the discovered mushroom, 4) Create a secure preservation and loan system. With a global focus on utilizing natural resources, mushroom resources provide excellent opportunities for academic research, and discovering novel substances for use as medicine and energy. PⅣ-2

A wide variety of decay fungi inhabit and decompose pine tree, Pinus densiflora. There are 54 species of pine associated decay fungi that have been recorded in Korea. In order to investigate how fungal propagation is mediated by insect interaction, we collected decay fungi and insects dwelling inside P. densiflora in any part of their life cycles. Majority of the insects living in pine trees were larvae which created gallery as they feed on wood and fungal hyphae. Most of the galleries were infected with fungal hyphae identified as decay fungi: Trichaptum abietinum, Hyphodontia aspera, and Cryptoporus volvatus. As some larvae were difficult to identify morphologically, we performed Cox1 gene sequence analysis. Such process revealed that insect species we collected included many Carabidae. T. abietinum, H. aspera, and C. volvatus were associated with 7 genera (8 species), 2 genera (2 species), and 5 genera (5 species) of entomic specimens respectively.

Fungi are characterized by eukaryotic microorganisms, growth with hyphal or yeast form, cell wall containing chitin, and both sexual and asexual reproduction. Many of fungi are associated with insects through the two ways: good or bad things. Good thing may include insect vector for fungal propagation and bad thing include entomophagous fungi to stink bug. Many specific examples of coevolution between fungi and insects have been recorded. Fungi provide the nutrients to insects while insects may vector them. Bark beetles are known as fungal vector as they bore through the tree bark to lay their eggs. Good example is the blue stain fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi causing the Dutch Elm disease, which is spread by Elm bark beetles (Scolytus spp.). Several bark beetles associated with coniferous forests also vector pathogenic fungi and decay fungi as well. In case study of the mountain pine beetle (MPB, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) that is a serious threat for mature lodgepole, we showed diversity of fungi associated on their body surface. Based on cultural morphology and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU rDNA) region, 7 ascomycetes and 2 basidiomycetes were detected on the body surface. 14 ascomycetes and 1 basidiomycetes were represented in the ITS　clone libraries.　Recently NGS based Amplicon pyrosequencing discovered that much higher fungal diversity (191 OTU with 97% similarity) from MBP exterior.

A new cultivar of Rosa hybrids "Party Queen" was selected from the progenies of a cross "Sahara" and "Bell Ami" atthe Gyeonggi-Do Aghcultural Research and Extension Services in 1999. It was finally selected in 2003 after the investigation ofthe characteri

A new cultivar ofRosa hybrida "Yellow Beauty" was selected from the progenies of a cross "Sahara" and "Full Moon"at the Gyeonggi-Do Agricultural Research and Extension Services in 1999. It was fmally selected in 2003 after the investigation ofthe characte