Epichloë alsodes
Epichloë alsodes is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
| Epichloë alsodes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. alsodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë alsodes T. Shymanovich, C.A. Young, N.D. Charlton & S.H. Faeth | |
A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2017,[1] Epichloë alsodes is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë amarillans and Epichloë typhina subsp. poae.
Epichloë alsodes 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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