Biology:Epichloë elymi
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Epichloë elymi | |
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| Epichloë elymi growing on Elymus virginicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. elymi
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| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë elymi Schardl & Leuchtm.
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Epichloë elymi is a haploid sexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1999,[1] Epichloë elymi is a sister lineage to Epichloë bromicola.
Epichloë elymi is found in North America, where it has been identified in Bromus kalmii and some species of Elymus, including E. patula and E. virginicus.
References
- ↑ Schardl, Christopher L.; Leuchtmann, Adrian (1999). "Three new species of Epichloë symbiotic with North American grasses". Mycologia 91 (1): 95–107. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12060996. ISSN 0027-5514.
Wikidata ☰ Q77755014 entry
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