ABSTRACT
Many of the common grasses in woodlands and meadows, pastures, lawns, roadsides, and sport fields are aided in their survival by inconspicuous fungal symbionts, termed endophytes. The Epichloe¨ spp. and Neotyphodium spp. (asexual counterparts of Epichloe¨ spp.) are grass endophytes belonging to the fungal family Clavicipitaceae (phylum Ascomycota, order Hypocreales).
