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

Epichloë occultans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. occultans
Binomial name
Epichloë occultans
(C.D.Moon, B.Scott & M.J.Chr.) Schardl
Synonyms
  • Neotyphodium occultans C.D.Moon, B.Scott & M.J.Chr.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2000,[1] Epichloë occultans is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë baconii (the Lolium associated clade) and Epichloë bromicola.

Epichloë occultans is found in Europe and North Africa, and has been introduced into New Zealand and elsewhere, where it has been identified in the grass species Lolium multiflorum and Lolium rigidum.

References

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  1. ^ Moon, Christina D.; Scott, Barry; Schardl, Christopher L.; Christensen, Michael J. (2000). "The evolutionary origins of Epichloë endophytes from annual ryegrasses". Mycologia. 92 (6): 1103–1118. doi:10.1080/00275514.2000.12061258. ISSN 0027-5514. S2CID 218589443.