AOKI Wataru
Institute for Mountain Science
Assistant Professor
Researcher Information
Research Keyword
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi
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Award
- 2024
日本食品衛生学会, 若手優秀発表賞
国内流通穀物におけるモニリフォルミン汚染実態調査
青木渉、渡辺麻衣子、大西貴弘、吉成知也 - 2024
The Mycological Society of Japan, The Naohide Hiratsuka Award
New findings on the fungal species Tricholoma matsutake from Ukraine, and revision of its taxonomy and biogeography based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses.
Wataru Aoki;Niclas Bergius;Serhii Kozlan;Fuminori Fukuzawa;Hitomi Okuda;Hitoshi Murata;Takahide A. Ishida;Lu-Min Vaario;Hisayasu Kobayashi;Erbil Kalmiş;Toshimitsu Fukiharu;Seiki Gisusi;Ken-ichi Matsushima;Yoshie Terashima;Maki Narimatsu;Norihisa Matsushita;Kang-Hyeon Ka;Fuqiang Yu;Takashi Yamanaka;Masaki Fukuda;Akiyoshi Yamada
Paper
- Tricholoma melleum (Japanese name “Kogane-shimeji”) new to Japan
Wataru AOKI; Akito KOYAMA; Tamio ARANO; Hiroshi MASUMOTO; Akiyoshi YAMADA
Japanese Journal of Mycology, Feb. 2026, Refereed, Not invited
Lead, Corresponding
- Rapid laboratory detection of ustalic acid in freshly collected Tricholoma Kakishimeji using probe electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (PESI-MS/MS)
Tetsuro Ito; Shintaro Aritaki; Mimori Tsuji; Wataru Aoki; Masashi Fukaya; Kaori Ryu; Katsuhiro Shiratake; Akiyoshi Yamada
Journal of Natural Medicines, Dec. 2025
- Moniliformin in cereal grains available in the Japanese market
Wataru Aoki; Takahiro Ohnishi; Tomoya Yoshinari
Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B, 1-7, Jul. 2025 - In vitro host relationships of ectomycorrhizal Tricholoma kakishimeji and closely related species reflect their habitat characteristics
Wataru Aoki; Naoki Endo; Yasushi Hashimoto; Mimori Tsuji; Tesuro Ito; Masaki Fukuda; Akiyoshi Yamada
Mycorrhiza, Jun. 2025, Refereed
Lead, Corresponding - Mechanism of puberulic acid contamination in red yeast rice tablets that caused a serious food poisoning outbreak in Japan
Tomoya YOSHINARI; Maiko WATANABE; Wataru AOKI; Seiji TANAKA; Naoko MASUMOTO; Michiho ITO; Takahiro OHNISHI
Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2025 - Two new <i>Tricholoma</i> species in the sect. <i>Genuina</i> from pine forests in Japan
Wataru Aoki; Masaki Fukuda; Akiyoshi Yamada
Mycoscience, Nov. 2024, Refereed
Lead, Corresponding - Visualizing the spatial distribution of ustalic acid in the fruiting body of Tricholoma kakishimeji
Tetsuro Ito; Syu Taira; Wataru Aoki; Hiroyuki Nagai; Masashi Fukaya; Kaori Ryu; Akiyoshi Yamada
Journal of Natural Medicines, Sep. 2024 - Amanita satotamagotake sp. nov., a cryptic species formerly included in Amanita caesareoides
Miyuki Kodaira; Wataru Aoki; Naoki Endo; Daisuke Sakuma; Eiji Hadano; Atsuko Hadano; Yasushi Hashimoto; Seiki Gisusi; Kohei Yamamoto; Ryo Sugawara; Masaki Fukuda; Akiyoshi Yamada
Mycoscience, Mar. 2024 - New findings on the fungal species Tricholoma matsutake from Ukraine, and revision of its taxonomy and biogeography based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses.
Aoki W; Bergius N; Kozlan S; Fukuzawa F; Okuda H; Murata H; Ishida TA; Vaario LM; Kobayashi H; Kalmiş E; Fukiharu T; Gisusi S; Matsushima KI; Terashima Y; Narimatsu M; Matsushita N; Ka KH; Yu F; Yamanaka T; Fukuda M; Yamada A
Mycoscience., Sep. 2022, Refereed
Lead - Ecological speciation of Japanese Hedgehog mushroom: Hydnum subalpinum sp. nov. is distinguished from its sister species H. repando-orientale by means of integrative taxonomy
Ryo Sugawara; Wataru Aoki; Akiyoshi Yamada; Akira Nakagiri; Naoki Endo
Aug. 2022 - Tricholoma alpinum, sp. nov., under five-needle pines in alpine and subalpine zones in Japan.
Aoki W; Archambault R; Bérubé J; Lamoureux Y; Fukuda M; Yamada A
Mycologia, Jan. 2022, Refereed
Lead - Taxonomic revision of the Japanese Tricholoma ustale and closely related species based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data.
Aoki W; Naoki Endo; Ushijima S; Nagai H; Ito T; Fukuda M; Yamada A
Mycoscience., Sep. 2021, Refereed
Lead - Quantification of ustalic acid, a chemotaxonomic marker, in Tricholoma ustale using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
Tetsuro Ito; Hiroyuki Nagai; Wataru Aoki; Akiyoshi Yamada; Hirokazu Kawagishi; Masashi Fukaya; Hirofumi Konishi
Journal of Natural Medicines, Jun. 2021 - Discrimination between edible and poisonous mushrooms among Japanese <i>Entoloma sarcopum</i> and related species based on phylogenetic analysis and insertion/deletion patterns of nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome oxidase 1 gene
Wataru Aoki; Maiko Watanabe; Masaki Watanabe; Naoki Kobayashi; Jun Terajima; Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi; Kazunari Kondo; Yukiko Hara-kudo
Genes & Genetic Systems, Jun. 2020, Refereed
Lead
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- The diversity of the Japanese genus Tricholoma, and taxonomic revision of T. kakishimeji and its related species, its ecology and toxicity
Wataru Aoki
The MSJ-MSA & MSJ-KSM Joint Symposia, May 2025, InvitedSpecies diversity of the genus Tricholoma distributed in the Japanese archipelago
Wataru Aoki; Akiyoshi Yamada
The 12th International Mycological Congress, Aug. 2024, Not invitedAffiliated academic society
Research Themes
- Establishment of a toxic mushroom genetic bank focusing on the genus Galerina
2026年度 若手研究者助成, Institute of Fermentation, Osaka
Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2028 - Elucidating the Mechanisms of Interspecific Competition among Caesar’s Mushroom (Amanita caesarea Complex) in the Japanese Archipelago
Hokuto Foundation for Bioscience, 令和 7 年度 ホクト生物科学振興財団助成
Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2027 - Japanese Alps Foothills Mushroom Science: Diversity and Food Culture
2025 年度 研究室助成, Institute of Fermentation, Osaka
Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2027
