Epichloë sinofestucae

Epichloë sinofestucae is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

Epichloë sinofestucae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Epichloë
Species:	E. sinofestucae
Binomial name
Epichloë sinofestucae (Y.G.Chen, Y.L.Ji & Z.W.Wang) Leuchtm.
Synonyms
Neotyphodium sinofestucae Y.G.Chen, Y.L.Ji & Z.W.Wang

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,^[1] Epichloë sinofestucae is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.

Epichloë sinofestucae is found in Asia, where it has been identified in the grass species Festuca parvigluma.