Epichloë tembladerae

Epichloë tembladerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Epichloë
Species:	E. tembladerae
Binomial name
	Epichloë tembladerae; (Cabral & J.F. White); Iannone & Schardl
Synonyms
	Neotyphodium tembladerae Cabral & J.F. White;

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

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1999,[1] Epichloë tembladerae is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë festucae and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex (from Poa nemoralis).

Epichloë tembladerae is found in North America, where it has been identified in the grass species Festuca arizonica, and in South America, where it has been found in numerous grass species, including Bromus auleticus, Bromus setifolius, Festuca argentina, Festuca hieronymi, Festuca magellanica, Festuca superba, Melica stuckertii, Phleum alpinum, Phleum commutatum, Poa huecu and Poa rigidifolia.

References

Cabral, Daniel; Cafaro, Matías J.; Saidman, B.; Lugo, M.; Reddy, Ponaka V.; White, James F. (1999). "Evidence supporting the occurrence of a new species of endophyte in some South American grasses". Mycologia. 91 (2): 315–325. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12061021. ISSN 0027-5514.

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[CabralCafaro1999-1] Cabral, Daniel; Cafaro, Matías J.; Saidman, B.; Lugo, M.; Reddy, Ponaka V.; White, James F. (1999). "Evidence supporting the occurrence of a new species of endophyte in some South American grasses". Mycologia. 91 (2): 315–325. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12061021. ISSN 0027-5514.