First records of two ascomycetes on Phleum pratense in Estonia

Abstract

Within a study on endophytic fungi of Timothygrass (Phleum pratense), two ascomycetes were recorded for the first time in Estonia. Based on morphological and molecular methods, the species were determined as Alternaria arbusti and A. viburni (teleomorph Lewia viburni), new to P. pratense.