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Neurospora crassa

species of ascomycete fungus in the family Sordariaceae
Taxon taxon Q133459
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Neurospora crassa

Summary

Neurospora crassa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Neurospora crassa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Neurospora crassa's instance of is recorded as model organism[4].
  • Neurospora crassa is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Neurospora crassa belongs to the parent taxon Neurospora[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Neurospora crassa is Neurospora crassa[7].
  • Neurospora crassa's Commons category is recorded as Neurospora crassa[8].
  • Neurospora crassa's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. crassa'}[9].

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Classification

Neurospora crassa's scientific name is Neurospora crassa[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Neurospora[6].

Identifiers

Neurospora crassa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1076003[10]. Neurospora crassa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5141[11]. Neurospora crassa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 189527[12]. Neurospora crassa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5253986[13].

Why It Matters

Neurospora crassa ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Neurospora
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon, model organism
    Instance of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565621605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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