Biology:Epichloë aotearoae

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Short description: Species of fungus

Epichloë aotearoae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. aotearoae
Binomial name
Epichloë aotearoae
(C.D. Moon, C.O. Miles & Schardl) Leuchtm. & Schardl
Synonyms
  • Neotyphodium aotearoae C.D. Moon, C.O. Miles & Schardl

Epichloë aotearoae is a systemic and seed-transmissible symbiont of Echinopogon ovatus, a grass endemic to Australia and New Zealand. It was originally described as a Neotyphodium species in 2002[1] but moved to Epichloë in 2014.[2]

The fungus produces the anti-insect loline alkaloids. Unlike many other anamorphic Epichloë species, E. aotearoae does not appear to be a hybrid. Its closest teleomorphic (sexual) relative appears to be Epichloë typhina.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The evolutionary origins of three new Neotyphodium endophyte species from grasses indigenous to the Southern Hemisphere". Mycologia 94 (4): 694–711. 2002. doi:10.2307/3761720. PMID 21156542. 
  2. Leuchtmann, A.; Bacon, C. W.; Schardl, C. L.; White, J. F.; Tadych, M. (2014). "Nomenclatural realignment of Neotyphodium species with genus Epichloë". Mycologia 106 (2): 202–215. doi:10.3852/13-251. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 24459125. http://www.epa.govt.nz/search-databases/HSNO%20Application%20Register%20Documents/APP201774_Leuchtmann%20et%20al%202014.pdf. Retrieved 2016-02-28. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6994283 entry