Neotyphodium aotearoae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Ascomycetes |
Subclass: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Neotyphodium |
Species: | N. aotearoae |
Binomial name | |
Neotyphodium aotearoae C.D. Moon, C.O. Miles & Schardl |
Neotyphodium aotearoae is a systemic and seed-transmissible symbiont of Echinopogon ovatus, a grass endemic to Australia and New Zealand. The fungus produces the anti-insect loline alkaloids. Unlike most Neotyphodium species, N. aotearoae does not appear to be a hybrid. Its closest teleomorphic (sexual) relative appears to be Epichloë typhina.[1]