Epichloë disjuncta

Epichloë disjuncta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Epichloë
Species:	E. disjuncta
Binomial name
	Epichloë disjuncta; Leuchtm. & M.Oberhofer

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

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2013,^[1] Epichloë disjuncta is a natural allopolyploid of a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex and a second unknown Epichloë ancestor.

Epichloë disjuncta is found in Europe, where it has been identified in the grass species Hordelymus europaeus.

References

^ Leuchtmann, Adrian; Oberhofer, Martina (2013). "The Epichloë endophytes associated with the woodland grass Hordelymus europaeus including four new taxa". Mycologia. 105 (5): 1315–1324. doi:10.3852/12-400. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 23921239. S2CID 21024362.

[LeuchtmannOberhofer2013-1] Leuchtmann, Adrian; Oberhofer, Martina (2013). "The Epichloë endophytes associated with the woodland grass Hordelymus europaeus including four new taxa". Mycologia. 105 (5): 1315–1324. doi:10.3852/12-400. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 23921239. S2CID 21024362.

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