Epichloë pampeana
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| Epichloë pampeana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. pampeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë pampeana (Iannone & Cabral) Iannone & Schardl | |
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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.