Epichloë sinica
| Epichloë sinica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. sinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë sinica (Z.W. Wang, Y.L. Ji & Y. Kang)
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Epichloë sinica is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,[1] Epichloë sinica is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.
Epichloë sinica is found in Asia, where it has been identified in species of the grass genus Roegneria.