Epichloë disjuncta
Epichloë disjuncta is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
| Epichloë disjuncta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. disjuncta |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë disjuncta Leuchtm. & M. Oberhofer | |
A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2013,[1] Epichloë disjuncta is a natural allopolyploid of a strain in the 'Epichloë typhina complex and a second unknown Epichloë ancestor.
Epichloë disjuncta is found in Europe, where it has been identified in the grass species Hordelymus europaeus.
References
- Leuchtmann, Adrian; Oberhofer, Martina (2013). "The Epichloë endophytes associated with the woodland grass Hordelymus europaeus including four new taxa". Mycologia. 105 (5): 1315–1324. doi:10.3852/12-400. ISSN 0027-5514.
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