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Choke
Epichloe
Epichloë is a genus of ascomycete fungi forming an endophytic symbiosis with grasses. Grass choke disease is a symptom in grasses induced by some Epichloë species, which form spore-bearing mats (stromata) on tillers and suppress the development of their host plant's inflorescence. For most of their life cycle however, Epichloë grow in the intercellular space of stems, leaves, inflorescences, and seeds of the grass plant without incurring symptoms of disease. They provide in fact several benefits...
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Epichloe typhina
speciesEpichloe typhina
Epichloe poae
speciesEpichloe poae
Epichloe glyceriae
speciesEpichloe glyceriae
Epichloe clarkii
speciesEpichloe clarkii
Epichloe sylvatica
speciesEpichloe sylvatica
Epichloe bromicola
speciesEpichloe bromicola
Epichloe festucae
speciesEpichloe festucae
Epichloe baconii
speciesEpichloe baconii
Epichloe coenophiala
speciesEpichloe coenophiala
Epichloe elymi
speciesEpichloe elymi
Epichloe calamagrostidis
speciesEpichloe calamagrostidis
Epichloe brachyelytri
speciesEpichloe brachyelytri
Epichloe ftanensis
speciesEpichloe ftanensis
Epichloe amarillans
speciesEpichloe amarillans
Epichloe hybrida
speciesEpichloe hybrida
Epichloe stromatolonga
speciesEpichloe stromatolonga
Epichloe mollis
speciesEpichloe mollis
Epichloe inebrians
speciesEpichloe inebrians
Epichloe guerinii
speciesEpichloe guerinii
Epichloe gansuensis
speciesEpichloe gansuensis
Epichloe aotearoae
speciesEpichloe aotearoae
Epichloe novae-zelandiae
speciesEpichloe novae-zelandiae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 321372.