Name:		Epichloë nigricans Speg., (1885) page 47 [basionym, as ‘E. ? nigricans Speg.’ on LPS packet]
Accepted name:		Balansia strangulans (Mont.) Diehl
Synonym(s):		Dothichloë nigricans (Speg.) Seaver
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Epichloë (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul. [Genus] Clavicipitaceae (Lindau) O.E. Erikss. [Family] Hypocreales Lindau [Order] Hypocreomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 4 (Additamenta ad Volumina I-IV): 221, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 9: 1001, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 232, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 19: 662, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 26: 230
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]