Balansia nigricans (Clavicipitaceae)

Balansia nigricans (Clavicipitaceae; Ascomycota) is an endophytic fungus (endophyte = microbe that inhabits living plant tissues) of warm-season grasses. It grows inter-cellularly (between cells) in leaves and stems and proliferates in nodal meristems to form a stroma on/in living nodes. These fungi are common endophytes in tropical and subtropical areas. My collections of this fungus come from Florida and Costa Rica. We published on this fungus years ago. For more on this fungus see link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3760787.

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