Epichloë sinofestucae

Epichloë sinofestucae is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

Epichloë sinofestucae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. sinofestucae
Binomial name
Epichloë sinofestucae
(Y.G.Chen, Y.L.Ji & Z.W.Wang) Leuchtm.
Synonyms
  • Neotyphodium sinofestucae Y.G.Chen, Y.L.Ji & Z.W.Wang

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,[1] Epichloë sinofestucae is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.

Epichloë sinofestucae is found in Asia, where it has been identified in the grass species Festuca parvigluma.

References

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  1. ^ Chen, Yong-gan; Ji, Yan-ling; Yu, Han-shou; Wang, Zhi-wei (2009). "A new Neotyphodium species from Festuca parvigluma Steud. grown in China". Mycologia. 101 (5): 681–685. doi:10.3852/08-181. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 19750947. S2CID 27915317.