Name:		Claviceps microcephala Tul., Annales des Sciences Naturelles 20 (1853) page 49
Accepted name:		Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.
Basionym:		Kentrosporium microcephalum Wallr.
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Claviceps 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]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Claviceps microcephala var. acus Desm. Claviceps microcephala var. microcephala
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 2: 565, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 114, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 19: 331
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]