Neotyphodium aotearoae
| Neotyphodium aotearoae | |
|---|---|
| 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]