Epichloë schardlii

Epichloë schardlii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.
Synonyms
	Neotyphodium × schardlii Ghimire, Rudgers & K.D. Craven;

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

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.

[ShymanovichCharlton2017-1] 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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