Epichloë hordelymi is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
Epichloë hordelymi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Epichloë |
Species: | E. hordelymi
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Binomial name | |
Epichloë hordelymi Leuchtm. & M. Oberhofer
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A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2013,[1] Epichloë hordelymi is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.
Epichloë hordelymi is found in Europe, where it has been identified in the grass species Hordelymus europaeus.