Biology:Epichloë chisosa

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Short description: Species of fungus

Epichloë chisosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. chisosa
Binomial name
Epichloë chisosa
(J.F.White & Morgan-Jones) Schardl
Synonyms
  • Acremonium chisosum J.F.White & Morgan-Jones
  • Neotyphodium chisosum (J.F.White & Morgan-Jones) Glenn, C.W.Bacon & Hanlin

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

  1. 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. https://zenodo.org/record/1235139. 

Wikidata ☰ Q79150199 entry