Neotyphodium Explained
Neotyphodium is a genus of endophytic fungi symbiotic with grasses. It used to contain a number of asexually reproducing species that colonize the leaves of cool-season grasses, but most of them, including the type species N. coenophialum, were merged into the genus Epichloë in 2014.[1] Two species of unclear position were excluded from this treatment:
- Neotyphodium chilense from Chile should be treated as Acremonium chilense since the previous transfer to Neotyphodium is untested.
- Neotyphodium starrii is closely related to N. coenophialum,[2] but the taxonomic status within Epichloë (whether it is a distinct species or not) is unclear (nomen dubium).
Notes and References
- Leuchtmann. A.. Bacon. C. W.. Schardl. C. L.. White. J. F.. Tadych . M. . Nomenclatural realignment of Neotyphodium species with genus Epichloë . Mycologia . 106 . 2 . 2014 . 202–215 . 0027-5514 . 10.3852/13-251 . 24459125.
- Schardl. etal. 1991. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of nonpathogenic grass mycosymbionts and clavicipitaceous plant pathogens. Pl. Syst. Evol.. 178. 1. 27–41. 10.1007/BF00937980.