Abstract
The family Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycotina) is important since it contains many species that are biotrophic associates of other organisms. Some species of Clavicipitaceae are obligate parasites of insects (e.g., species of Cordyceps [Fr.] Link); others, the graminicolous Clavicipitaceae, are obligate parasites of grasses and sedges (e.g., species of Balansia Speg., Claviceps Tul. and Epichloë [Fr.] Tul.). Among the important systematic problems in the graminicolous Clavicipitaceae are: 1) resolution of suprageneric classification; 2) definition of genera; and 3) definition of species. It is the conviction of the author that the systematic problems in this group of organisms may be resolved only by taking a holistic approach to systematics of the entire family. The following treatment expands on each of these problems and provides summary data of the state of the systematics to date.
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White, J.F. (1997). Systematics of the Graminicolous Clavicipitaceae. In: Bacon, C.W., Hill, N.S. (eds) Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0271-9_3
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