Epichloe typhina is an endophytic fungus of family Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycota). It is found within tissues of leaves and stems of cool-season grasses. The stroma forms on the developing inflorescence and traps primordial inflorescence in a mycelium. The conidia (spermatia) and ascoma form on this stroll mycelium. The fungus populations consist of 2 mating types. Flies of genus Botanophila vector spermating between mating types of the fungus, effectively fertilizing stromata to produce perithecia with ascospores.

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