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

Epichloë bromicola
Detail of Epichloë bromicola 'choke' on grass seedheads
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. bromicola
Binomial name
Epichloë bromicola
Leuchtm. & Schardl
Synonyms
  • Epichloë yangzii W. Li & Z.W. Wang

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1998,[1] Epichloë bromicola is a sister lineage to Epichloë elymi.

Epichloë bromicola is found from Europe to Asia, where it has been identified in many species of grasses. In Europe, it has been associated with Bromus benekenii, Bromus erectus, Bromus ramosus, Elymus repens, Hordelymus europaeus and Hordeum brevisubulatum. In Asia, it has been found in Leymus chinensis and Elymus tsukushiensis. The sexual phase has been observed on Bromus erectus, Elymus repens and Elymus tsukushiensis. Seed transmission has been seen in Bromus benekenii, Bromus ramosus, Hordelymus europaeus, Hordeum brevisubulatum, Leymus chinensis and Elymus tsukushiensis, but is known to be absent in Bromus erectus and Elymus repens.

References

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  1. ^ Leuchtmann, Adrian; Schardl, Christopher L. (1998). "Mating compatibility and phylogenetic relationships among two new species of Epichloë and other congeneric European species". Mycological Research. 102 (10): 1169–1182. doi:10.1017/S0953756298006236. ISSN 0953-7562.