Diversity and Antifungal Activity of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Camellia oleifera

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Table 1. Distribution of endophytic fungi in Camellia oleifera.

Order	Family	Genus	No. of isolates
			Total	Leaves	Barks	Fruits
Melanconiales	Melanconidaceae	Pestalotia	2	1	1
		Pestalotiaopsis	12	5	3	4
		Colletotrichum	5	3	2
Sphaeropsidales	Sphaeropsidaceae	Phoma	3	3
		Macrophoma	7	5		2
Moniliales	Moniliaceae	Penicillium	12	6	4	2
		Penicilliopsis	5	5
		Paecilomyces	4	4
		Trichothecium	3	3
		Oidium	3			3
	Dematiaceae	Alternaria	5	5
	Tuberculariaceae	Fusarium	10	6	4
Endomycetales	Sacoharomycetaceae	Pichia	1			1
	Endomycetaceae	–^a	1	1
Sphaeriales	Xylariaceae	Xylaria	8		8
Total			81	47	22	12

^a “–” represent the unidentified genera.

Table 2. Diversity of endophytic fungi in Camellia oleifera.

Genera	Species	Leaves	Barks	Fruits	Total
Pestalotia	P. pezizoides	1	1		2
Pestalotiaopsis	P. clavispora	5			5
	P. heterocornis		3		3
	P. versicolor			4	4
Colletotrichum	C. boninense	3			3
	C. gloeosporioides		2		2
Phoma	P. destructiva	2			2
	P. cucurbitacearum	1			1
Macrophoma	M. kawatsukai	4			4
	M. musae			2	2
	M. abensis	1			1
Penicillium	P. digitatum	3			3
	P. expansum	2	1	2	5
	P. italicum	1	3		4
Penicilliopsis	P. lilacinus	2			2
	P. sinensis	1			1
	P. varioti	2			2
Paecilomyces	–^a	4			4
Trichothecium	–	3			3
Oidium	–			3	3
Alternaria	A. mzcrospora	2			2
	A. longipes	3			3
Fusarium	F. moniliforme		2		2
	–	6	2		8
Pichia	–			1	1
Xylaria	X. carpophila		3		3
	X. juruensis		2		2
	X. cubensis		3		3
Unidentified species	–	1			1
Number of total fungal isolates (n)		47	22	12	81
Species richness (S)		19	10	5	29
Camargo’s index (1/S)		0.053	0.100	0.200	0.034
Simpson’s index of diversity (1 − D)		0.930	0.888	0.764
Shannon index of diversity (H)		2.786	2.240	1.517
Species evenness (E)		0.724	0.725	0.611

^a “–” represent the unidentified genera or species.

Table 3. Identification of endophytic fungi and antifungal activity against pathogenic fungi of Camellia oleifera anthracnose according to the dual culture.

Strain	Identified as	Antifungal Activity
lc-20	Aspergillus sp.	+
lc-24	Xylaria sp.	+
lc-14	Fusarium sp.	+
hj-63	Trichothecium sp.	++
ty-64	Oidium sp.	+++