Heteroepichloe E. Tanaka, C. Tanaka, Gafur & Tsuda, Mycoscience 43(2): 92 (2002)

MycoBank number: MB 622360; Index Fungorum number: IF 622360; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13080; 2 species with sequence data

Type species – Heteroepichloe bambusae (Pat.) E. Tanaka, C. Tanaka, Gafur & Tsuda

Notes – Based on phylogenetic analyses, the genus was established to accommodate two species transferred from Epichloe. The asexual morph is ephelis-like and infects bamboo and produces black stromata, embedded perithecia and cylindrical asci with septate ascospores (Tanaka et al. 2002).

Species

  • Heteroepichloe bambusae