w:Epichloë brachyelytri

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|taxon = Epichloë brachyelytri

|authority = Schardl & Leuchtm.

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Epichloë brachyelytri is a haploid sexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 1999, Epichloë brachyelytri is a sister lineage to Epichloë aotearoae. Epichloe" grass endophytes comprise group of filamentous fungi of both sexual and asexual species.{{cite journal | vauthors = Clayton W, Eaton CJ, Dupont PY, Gillanders T, Cameron N, Saikia S, Scott B | title = Analysis of simple sequence repeat (SSR) structure and sequence within Epichloë endophyte genomes reveals impacts on gene structure and insights into ancestral hybridization events | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 12 | issue = 9 | pages = e0183748 | date = 2017-09-08 | pmid = 28886068 | pmc = 5590859 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0183748 | bibcode = 2017PLoSO..1283748C | doi-access = free }}

Epichloë brachyelytri is found in North America, where it has been identified in the grass species Brachyelytrum erectum. To date six Eurasian's and one North American morphospecies have been described, and these approximately corresponding to six distinct mating populations.{{cite journal | vauthors = Schardl CL, Leuchtmann A | title = Three new species of Epichloë symbiotic with North American grasses. | journal = Mycologia | date = January 1999 | volume = 91 | issue = 1 | pages = 95–107 | doi = 10.1080/00275514.1999.12060996 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258225399 }} Often Epichloe" confer to their host a range of fitness benefits, including enhanced resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. One such benefit is defense against plant herbivore that is attributable to various alkaloids produced by these fungi. {{cite journal | vauthors = Pan J, Bhardwaj M, Faulkner JR, Nagabhyru P, Charlton ND, Higashi RM, Miller AF, Young CA, Grossman RB, Schardl CL | display-authors = 6 | title = Ether bridge formation in loline alkaloid biosynthesis | journal = Phytochemistry | volume = 98 | pages = 60–8 | date = February 2014 | pmid = 24374065 | doi = 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.11.015 | pmc = 3929955 }}