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Purpureocillium lilacinum

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q55724157
Purpureocillium lilacinum
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Summary

Purpureocillium lilacinum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Purpureocillium[4]
  • Taxon name: Purpureocillium lilacinum[5]
  • Commons category: Purpureocillium lilacinum[6]
  • Has basionym: Penicillium lilacinum[7]
  • Mushroom ecological type: nematophagous fungus[8]
  • Short name: P. lilacinum[9]
  • Taxon author citation: Luangsa-ard, Hywel-Jones, Houbraken & Samson (2011)[10]

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Identifiers

Purpureocillium lilacinum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 960429[11]. Purpureocillium lilacinum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33203[12]. Purpureocillium lilacinum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8276361[13].

Why It Matters

Purpureocillium lilacinum has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . 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. 8d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Mushroom ecological type → nematophagous fungus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Purpureocillium
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Luangsa-ard, Hywel-Jones, Houbraken & Samson (2011), Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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