Epichloe festucae Leuchtmann, Schardl & Siegel, 1995
on Festuca, Rostraria, Schedonorus
Festuca rubra, Belgium, prov. Namur, Villers-en-Fagne, Grand Ri, vi.2018 @ Sébastien Carbonelle
Schedonorus (= Festuca) pratensis, Belgium, prov. Liège, Hamoir © Sébastien Carbonnelle
detail
gall
One or more internodes all round and mostly over their total length, wrapped in a while, later yellowish fungal mass (stroma). The internodes are hardly or not at all swollen. In the stroma slender asci. The spores are 250-300 µm long.
host plants
Poaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Festuca glauca, heterophylla, longifolia, pulchella, rubra, valesiaca;
Rostraria cristata; Schedonorus giganteus, pratensis.
references
Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Kruse (2019a), Moon (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a) Rommelaars & Helleman (2010a), Schardl (2010a), Schardl & Leuchtmann (2004a), Spooner & Kemp (2005a).