Epichloë pampeana explained

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

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,^[1] Epichloë pampeana is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë festucae and a strain from the Epichloë typhina complex (from Poa nemoralis).

Epichloë pampeana is found in South America, where it has been identified in the grass species Bromus auleticus.

Notes and References

1. Iannone. Leopoldo Javier. Cabral. Daniel. Schardl. Christopher Lewis. Rossi. María Susana. Phylogenetic divergence, morphological and physiological differences distinguish a new Neotyphodium endophyte species in the grass Bromus auleticus from South America. Mycologia. 101. 3. 2009. 340–351. 0027-5514. 10.3852/08-156.