Bionectria epichloë (Speg.) Schroers, 2001

Interactions where Bionectria epichloë is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
Clonostachys dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Clonostachys dematiaceous anamorph parasitises perithecium Foreign Epichloe chokes Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae Biology of the Epichloe-Botanophila interaction: an intriguing association between fungi and insects, Bultman, T.L. & Leuchtmann, A., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Bionectria epichloë/Bionectria epichloësporodochiumClonostachys dematiaceous anamorph Fungus / parasiteForeign /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe/Epichloechokesperithecium

Author & YearTitleSource
Bultman, T.L. & Leuchtmann, A., 2008Biology of the Epichloe-Botanophila interaction: an intriguing association between fungi and insectsFungal Biology Reviews Vol 22 (3-4): 131-138.

Bionectria epichloë may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bionectria epichloë may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBionectria epichloë
FamilyBIONECTRIACEAE (a family of prenomycetes and lichens)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Schroers, H.-J. 2001 A monograph of Bionectria (Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Bionectriaceae) and its Clonostachys anamorphs Stud. Mycol. No. 46.

Bionectria epichloë may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schroers, H.J. Generic delimitation of Bionectria (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) based on holomorph characters and rDNA sequences White, J.F.Jr., Sullivan, R., Moy, M., Patel, R. & Duncan, R. An overview of problems in the classification of plant-parasitic Clavicipitaceae, 11pp, Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Bionectria epichloë:

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