Epichloë liyangensis is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

Epichloë liyangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. liyangensis
Binomial name
Epichloë liyangensis
Z.W.Wang, Y.Kang & H.Miao

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2011,[1] Epichloë liyangensis is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain from the Epichloë typhina complex (from Poa nemoralis).

Epichloë liyangensis is found in Asia, where it has been identified in the grass species Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis.

References

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  1. ^ Yan, Kang; Yanling, Ji; Kunran, Zhu; Hui, Wang; Huimin, Miao; Zhiwei, Wang (2011). "A new Epichloë species with interspecific hybrid origins from Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis in Liyang, China". Mycologia. 103 (6): 1341–1350. doi:10.3852/10-352. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 21659456. S2CID 22672333.