Epichloë funkii
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| Epichloë funkii | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. funkii
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| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë funkii (K.D.Craven & Schardl) J.F.White
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Epichloë funkii is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë. A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2007,[1] Epichloë funkii is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë elymi and Epichloë festucae. Epichloë funkii is found in North America, where it has been identified in the grass species Achnatherum robustum.
References
- ↑ Moon, Christina D.; Guillaumin, Jean-Jacques; Ravel, Catherine; Li, Chunjie; Craven, Kelly D.; Schardl, Christopher L. (2007). "New Neotyphodium endophyte species from the grass tribes Stipeae and Meliceae". Mycologia. 99 (6): 895–905. doi:10.1080/15572536.2007.11832521. ISSN 0027-5514.