Epichloë liyangensis
Epichloë liyangensis is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
| Epichloë liyangensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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
- 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.
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