Name: Claviceps purpurea Tul., (1853) page 45
Basionym:
Sphaeria purpurea Fr.
Synonym(s):
Sphacelia segetum Lév.
Kentrosporium microcephalum Wallr.
Cordyceps microcephala (Wallr.) Berk. & Broome
Claviceps microcephala (Wallr.) Tul. (1853)
Cordyceps purpurea (Fr.) Berk.
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 purpurea forma purpurea
Claviceps purpurea forma secalis Krebs
Claviceps purpurea var. agropyri Tanda
Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea
Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae R.A. Duncan & J.F. White
Claviceps purpurea var. wilsonii (Cooke) W.G. Sm.
Catalogue data:
Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 2: 564, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 114, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 19: 332
Cybertruffle Resources:
Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Biological Records Database (240 records)
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]