Claviceps purpurea
species of fungus
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Summary
Claviceps purpurea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,513 views/month, #1,439 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Claviceps[4]
- Taxon name: Claviceps purpurea[5]
- Subclass of: psychoactive mushroom[6]
- Commons category: Claviceps purpurea[7]
- Has basionym: Sphaeria purpurea[8]
- Hymenium type: smooth[9]
- Mushroom cap shape: no mushroom cap[10]
- Hymenium attachment: no hymenium attachment[11]
- Stipe character: bare stipe[12]
- Edibility: inedible mushroom[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Claviceps purpurea[14]
- Commons gallery: Claviceps purpurea[15]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[16]
- Ploidy: haploid cell[17]
- Taxon synonym: Claviceps microcephala[18]
- Has effect: ergotism[19]
- Short name: C. purpurea[20]
- Taxon common name: mallrug, mallryg[21], Echt moederkoren[22], Purpurbrauner Mutterkornpilz[23], Mutterkornpilz[24], paličkovice nachová[25], torajyväsieni[26], morrín[27], Banya de sègol[28], škrlatnordeča glavnica[29], rženi rožiček[30]
- Has host: Secale cereale[31], Poaceae[32]
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Identifiers
Claviceps purpurea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 360212[33]. Claviceps purpurea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5111[34]. Claviceps purpurea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1029583[35]. Claviceps purpurea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5251479[36].
Why It Matters
Claviceps purpurea has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]