Claviceps purpurea

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q217227
Claviceps purpurea
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Claviceps purpurea

Summary

Claviceps purpurea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,051 views/month, #1,439 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Claviceps purpurea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Claviceps purpurea is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Claviceps purpurea is classified within Claviceps[5].
  • Claviceps purpurea's scientific name is Claviceps purpurea[6].
  • Claviceps purpurea is a type of psychoactive mushroom[7].
  • Claviceps purpurea's Commons category is recorded as Claviceps purpurea[8].
  • Claviceps purpurea's has basionym is recorded as Sphaeria purpurea[9].
  • Claviceps purpurea's hymenium type is recorded as smooth[10].
  • Claviceps purpurea's mushroom cap shape is recorded as no mushroom cap[11].
  • Claviceps purpurea's hymenium attachment is recorded as no hymenium attachment[12].
  • Claviceps purpurea's stipe character is recorded as bare stipe[13].
  • Claviceps purpurea's edibility is recorded as inedible mushroom[14].
  • Claviceps purpurea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Claviceps purpurea[15].
  • Claviceps purpurea's Commons gallery is recorded as Claviceps purpurea[16].
  • Claviceps purpurea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[17].
  • Claviceps purpurea's ploidy is recorded as haploid cell[18].
  • Claviceps purpurea's taxon synonym is recorded as Claviceps microcephala[19].
  • Claviceps purpurea's has effect is recorded as ergotism[20].
  • Claviceps purpurea's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. purpurea'}[21].
  • Claviceps purpurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'mallrug, mallryg'}[22].
  • Claviceps purpurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Echt moederkoren'}[23].
  • Claviceps purpurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Purpurbrauner Mutterkornpilz'}[24].
  • Claviceps purpurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mutterkornpilz'}[25].
  • Claviceps purpurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'paličkovice nachová'}[26].
  • Claviceps purpurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'torajyväsieni'}[27].

Body

Classification

Claviceps purpurea's scientific name is Claviceps purpurea[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Claviceps[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'mallrug, mallryg'}[22], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Echt moederkoren'}[23], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Purpurbrauner Mutterkornpilz'}[24], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mutterkornpilz'}[25], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'paličkovice nachová'}[26], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'torajyväsieni'}[27].

Identifiers

Claviceps purpurea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 360212[28]. Claviceps purpurea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5111[29]. Claviceps purpurea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1029583[30]. Claviceps purpurea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5251479[31].

Why It Matters

Claviceps purpurea ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,051 views/month, #1,439 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has host Secale cereale, Poaceae
    Taxon synonym Claviceps microcephala
    Aliases
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