Epichloë schardlii
Epichloë schardlii is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
Epichloë schardlii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Epichloë |
Species: | E. schardlii |
Binomial name | |
Epichloë schardlii (Ghimire, Rudgers & K.D. Craven) Leuchtm. | |
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A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2017,[1] Epichloë schardlii is a natural allopolyploid of two strains in the Epichloë typhina complex (subsp. poae × subsp. poae).
Epichloë schardlii is found in North America, where it has been identified in the grass species Poa alsodes.
References
- Shymanovich, Tatsiana; Charlton, Nikki D.; Musso, Ashleigh M.; Scheerer, Jonathan; Cech, Nadja B.; Faeth, Stanley H.; Young, Carolyn A. (2017). "Interspecific and intraspecific hybrid Epichloë species symbiotic with the North American native grass Poa alsodes". Mycologia. 109 (3): 459–474. doi:10.1080/00275514.2017.1340779. ISSN 0027-5514.
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