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Epichloë schardlii

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Epichloë schardlii
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  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.