Epichloe typhina is an endophytic fungus of family Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycota). It is found within tissues of leaves and stems of cool-season grasses. The stroma forms on the developing inflorescence and traps primordial inflorescence in a mycelium. The conidia (spermatia) and ascoma form on this stroll mycelium. The fungus populations consist of 2 mating types. Flies of genus Botanophila vector spermating between mating types of the fungus, effectively fertilizing stromata to produce perithecia with ascospores.
Host is grass Dactylis glomerata. This fungus is endophytic in grasses.
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