Neotyphodium aotearoae

Neotyphodium aotearoae is a systemic and seed-transmissible symbiont of Echinopogon ovatus, a grass endemic to Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa. The fungus produces the anti-insect loline alkaloids. Unlike most Neotyphodium species, N. aotearoae does not appear to be a hybrid. Its closest teleomorphic (sexual) relative appears to be Epichloë typhina.