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Epichloë mollis

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Epichloë mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. mollis
Binomial name
Epichloë mollis
(Morgan-Jones & W. Gams) Leuchtm. & Schardl
Synonyms
  • Acremonium typhinum Morgan-Jones & W. Gams
  • Neotyphodium typhinum (Morgan-Jones & W. Gams) Glenn, C.W. Bacon & Hanlin

Epichloë mollis is a haploid sexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1982,[1] Epichloë mollis is a sister lineage to Epichloë amarillans, Epichloë baconii, Epichloë festucae and Epichloë stromatolonga.

Epichloë mollis is found in Europe, where it has been identified in the grass species Holcus mollis.

References

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  1. ^ Morgan-Jones, G.; Gams, W. (1982). "Notes on hyphomycetes. XLI. An endophyte of Festuca arundinacea and the anamorph of Epichloë typhina, new taxa in one of two new sections of Acremonium". Mycotaxon. 15: 311–318. ISSN 0093-4666.