Epichloë aotearoae
| Epichloë aotearoae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Tribe: | Balansiae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. aotearoae |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë aotearoae (C.D. Moon, C.O. Miles & Schardl) Leuchtm. & Schardl | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 2 Moon CD, Miles CO, Jarlfors U, Schardl CL (2002). "The evolutionary origins of three new Neotyphodium endophyte species from grasses indigenous to the Southern Hemisphere". Mycologia. 94 (4): 694–711. doi:10.2307/3761720. JSTOR 3761720. PMID 21156542.
- ↑ Leuchtmann, A.; Bacon, C. W.; Schardl, C. L.; White, J. F.; Tadych, M. (2014). "Nomenclatural realignment of Neotyphodium species with genus Epichloë" (PDF). Mycologia. 106 (2): 202–215. doi:10.3852/13-251. ISSN 0027-5514.
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