Epichloë pampeana

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Epichloë pampeana

| authority = (Iannone & Cabral) Iannone & Schardl

| synonyms =

  • Neotyphodium pampeanum {{small|Iannone & Cabral}}

}}

Epichloë pampeana is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,{{cite journal|last1=Iannone|first1=Leopoldo Javier|last2=Cabral|first2=Daniel|last3=Schardl|first3=Christopher Lewis|last4=Rossi|first4=María Susana|title=Phylogenetic divergence, morphological and physiological differences distinguish a new Neotyphodium endophyte species in the grass Bromus auleticus from South America|journal=Mycologia|volume=101|issue=3|year=2009|pages=340–351|issn=0027-5514|doi=10.3852/08-156}} 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.

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