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

Epichloë elymi
Epichloë elymi growing on Elymus virginicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. elymi
Binomial name
Epichloë elymi
Schardl & Leuchtm.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1999,[1] Epichloë elymi is a sister lineage to Epichloë bromicola.

Epichloë elymi is found in North America, where it has been identified in Bromus kalmii and some species of Elymus, including E. patula and E. virginicus.

References

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  1. ^ Schardl, Christopher L.; Leuchtmann, Adrian (1999). "Three new species of Epichloë symbiotic with North American grasses". Mycologia. 91 (1): 95–107. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12060996. ISSN 0027-5514.