Epichloë chisosa
Appearance
Epichloë chisosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Epichloë |
Species: | E. chisosa
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Binomial name | |
Epichloë chisosa (J.F.White & Morgan-Jones) Schardl
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Epichloë chisosa is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1996,[1] Epichloë chisosa is a natural triploid allopolyploid of Epichloë amarillans, Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex (from Poa pratensis).
Epichloë chisosa is found in North America, where it has been identified in the grass species Achnatherum eminens.
References
[edit]- ^ Glenn, Anthony E.; Bacon, Charles W.; Price, Robert; Hanlin, Richard T. (1996). "Molecular phylogeny of Acremonium and its taxonomic implications". Mycologia. 88 (3): 369–383. doi:10.1080/00275514.1996.12026664. ISSN 0027-5514.