Epichloe poae Tadych, Ambrose, Belanger & White, 2012on Lolium, Poa
gall
on Lolium, Poa
gall
One or more internodes all round and mostly over their total length, wrapped in a while, later yellowish fungal mass (stroma). In the stroma slender asci.
hostplants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Lolium canariense; Poa nemoralis, pratensis.
Outside of Europa also observed on Bromus and Festuca.
notes
The rather wide oligophagy of this species is unusual.
references
Tadych, Ambrose, Bergen ao (2012a).