Epichloë sinofestucae is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Epichloë |
Species: | E. sinofestucae
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Binomial name | |
Epichloë sinofestucae (Y.G.Chen, Y.L.Ji & Z.W.Wang) Leuchtm.
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A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,[1] Epichloë sinofestucae is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.
Epichloë sinofestucae is found in Asia, where it has been identified in the grass species Festuca parvigluma.