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Epichloë guerinii

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Species of fungus

Epichloë guerinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species: E. guerinii
Binomial name
Epichloë guerinii
(Guillaumin, Ravel & C.D.Moon) Leuchtm. & Schardl
Synonyms
  • Neotyphodium guerinii Guillaumin, Ravel & C.D.Moon

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

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2007, Epichloë guerinii is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë gansuensis and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.

Epichloë guerinii is found in Europe, where it has been identified in the grass species Melica ciliata and Melica transsilvanica.

References

  1. Moon, Christina D.; Guillaumin, Jean-Jacques; Ravel, Catherine; Li, Chunjie; Craven, Kelly D.; Schardl, Christopher L. (2007). "New Neotyphodium endophyte species from the grass tribes Stipeae and Meliceae". Mycologia. 99 (6): 895–905. doi:10.1080/15572536.2007.11832521. ISSN 0027-5514.
Taxon identifiers
Epichloë guerinii
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