2003년부터 2007년까지 국내 여러 지역의 산과 섬 지역을 조사하여 진균에 감염된 죽은 곤충시료를 채집하였다. 채집한 곤충시료에 형성된 진균의 자실체 형태를 조사하고, 채집한 곤충시료에서 총 542균주의 진균을 분리하였다. 분리한 균주의 형태적 및 배양적 특성을 조사하여 동정한 결과, 분리빈도가 많은 곤충기생 진균은 Beauveria속이 3종, Cordyceps속이 8종, Isaria속이 4종이었다. 이외에 분리된 곤충기생 진균은 Metarhizium anisopliae, Nomuraea rileyi, Paecilomyces sp., Verticillium sp.였다.
Dead insects infected with fungi were collected from mountains and islands in several locations in Korea from 2003 to 2007. Morphological characteristics of the fungal fruiting bodies produced on the insect samples were examined. A total of 542 entomopathogenic fungal isolates were obtained from the insect samples and identified based on their morphological and cultural characteristics. Three species of Beauveria, eight species of Cordyceps and four species of Isaria were mainly isolated from the insect samples. The other entomopathogenic fungi isolated from the insect samples were Metarhizium anisopliae, Nomuraea rileyi, Paecilomyces sp. and Verticillium sp.
