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Epichloë glyceriae

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Epichloë glyceriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. glyceriae
Binomial name
Epichloë glyceriae
Schardl & Leuchtm.

Epichloë glyceriae is a haploid sexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1999,[1] Epichloë glyceriae is an early branching lineage on the Epichloë tree.

Epichloë glyceriae is found in North America, where it has been identified in grass species of the genus Glyceria. Epichloë glyceriae is not thought to be seed transmitted.

References

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  1. ^ 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.