Epichloë sinofestucae
Epichloë sinofestucae is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
| Epichloë sinofestucae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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. | |
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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
- 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.
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