Epichloe (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul., Select. fung. carpol. (Paris) 3: 24 (1865)

MycoBank number: MB 622348; Index Fungorum number: IF 622348; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13076; 45 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 32 species with sequence data.

Type species – Epichloe typhina (Pers.) Brockmใ

Notes – Epichloe species are endophytes which form symbiotic associations with cool-season grasses (Poaceae subfamily Pooideae) and produce yellow to orange ascomata (White 1994, Scott 2001, White & Reddy 1998). The asexual morph has been linked to Ephelis (White et al. 2003). The genus produces bright stromata without stipes, with numerous perithecia and yellow to orange conidiomata and conidia on the surface of leaves (Leuchtmann et al. 2014).

Species

  • Epichloe typhina