Epichloë pampeana

Epichloë pampeana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Epichloë
Species:	E. pampeana
Binomial name
	Epichloë pampeana; (Iannone & Cabral) Iannone & Schardl
Synonyms
	Neotyphodium pampeanum Iannone & Cabral;

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

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,^[1] Epichloë pampeana is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë festucae and a strain from the Epichloë typhina complex (from Poa nemoralis).

Epichloë pampeana is found in South America, where it has been identified in the grass species Bromus auleticus.

References

^ Iannone, Leopoldo Javier; Cabral, Daniel; Schardl, Christopher Lewis; Rossi, María Susana (2009). "Phylogenetic divergence, morphological and physiological differences distinguish a new Neotyphodium endophyte species in the grass Bromus auleticus from South America". Mycologia. 101 (3): 340–351. doi:10.3852/08-156. ISSN 0027-5514.

[IannoneCabral2009-1] Iannone, Leopoldo Javier; Cabral, Daniel; Schardl, Christopher Lewis; Rossi, María Susana (2009). "Phylogenetic divergence, morphological and physiological differences distinguish a new Neotyphodium endophyte species in the grass Bromus auleticus from South America". Mycologia. 101 (3): 340–351. doi:10.3852/08-156. ISSN 0027-5514.

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