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Epichloë liyangensis

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Species of fungus

Epichloë liyangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species: E. liyangensis
Binomial name
Epichloë liyangensis
Z.W.Wang, Y.Kang & H.Miao

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

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2011, Epichloë liyangensis is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain from the Epichloë typhina complex (from Poa nemoralis).

Epichloë liyangensis is found in Asia, where it has been identified in the grass species Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis.

References

  1. Yan, Kang; Yanling, Ji; Kunran, Zhu; Hui, Wang; Huimin, Miao; Zhiwei, Wang (2011). "A new Epichloë species with interspecific hybrid origins from Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis in Liyang, China". Mycologia. 103 (6): 1341–1350. doi:10.3852/10-352. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 21659456. S2CID 22672333.
Taxon identifiers
Epichloe liyangensis
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