This study was conducted to investigate wood decay fungi from 5 different ground-contact wood stakes in Korea. A total of 73 basidiomycetes were isolated and identified into 20 genera and 22 species by using molecular method. Among all fungi, only 6 species were brown-rot fungi and the others were white-rot fungi. Pinus densiflora and Quercus variabilis showed high fungal diversity and isolation frequency, but there was a significant difference in diversity between both of them. In addition, dominant species was also different depending on wood species. Wood species was the major source of difference in community of wood decay fungi. Therefore, this information will be useful for wood protection of outdoor facility made by wood.

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