BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. (Ergot)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Claviceps purpurea	Fruitbody	25 May 2000	Berks	England		6
Claviceps purpurea	Resting stage	5 October 1997	Berks	England		3
Claviceps purpurea	Resting stage	4 September 1978	(England)	England	1
Claviceps purpurea	Fruitbody	8 April 1972	E. Sussex	England	1
Claviceps purpurea	Resting stage	28 February 1972	(Yorks)	England	1

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Variety	Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae R.A. Duncan & J.F. White, 2002 (an ergot)	1	2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Preece, T., Chater, A. & Shattock, R., 2006 (Colour photographs and drawings)	Home production of the ascospore stage of Claviceps purpurea and other fungi
Rutter, G., 2003	Witches, madness and a little black fungus

General Works

Griffin, D., 2006

Ergot Germination

Claviceps purpurea may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)

ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Claviceps purpurea is associated with:

sclerotium	Agrostis - bent grasses (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [with rather short ergots]
sclerotium	Alopecurus - foxtail grasses (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Ammophila (Bot.) - marram grasses (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Avena - oats (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Brachypodium pinnatum - Tor-grass (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Bromus - a genus of bromes (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Dactylis - cock's-foot grasses (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hair-grass (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Elytrigia atherica - Sea Couch (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Elytrigia repens ssp. repens - Common Couch (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Festuca longifolia - Blue Fescue (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Holcus - soft-grasses (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Leymus arenarius - Lyme-grass (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Lolium - rye grasses (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Molinia caerulea - Purple Moor-grass (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Nardus stricta - Mat-grass (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Phragmites australis - Common Reed (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sclerotium	Secale cereale - Rye (Poaceae)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Agrostis - bent grasses (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Alopecurus - foxtail grasses (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Ammophila (Bot.) - marram grasses (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Avena - oats (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Brachypodium pinnatum - Tor-grass (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Bromus - a genus of bromes (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Dactylis - cock's-foot grasses (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hair-grass (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Elytrigia atherica - Sea Couch (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Elytrigia repens ssp. repens - Common Couch (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Festuca longifolia - Blue Fescue (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Holcus - soft-grasses (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Leymus arenarius - Lyme-grass (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Lolium - rye grasses (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Molinia caerulea - Purple Moor-grass (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Nardus stricta - Mat-grass (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Secale cereale - Rye (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelia anamorph	Phragmites australis - Common Reed (Poaceae)	Sphacelia anamorph infects and damages inflorescence	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Claviceps purpurea:

colony, Sphacelia anamorph	colony of Sphacelia anamorph is associate of Fusarium anamorph	Gibberella zeae - an ascomycete fungus (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
ergot	ergot is food source of fruitbody	Melanotus phillipsii - Grass Oysterling (Agaricales: Strophariaceae)
Sphacelium anamorph	Sphacelium anamorph is associate of anamorph colony	Cladosporium - a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Sphacelium anamorph	Sphacelium anamorph is associate of colony of Fusarium anamorph	Fusarium - a genus of anamorphic fungi (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stroma (germinating)	germinating stroma is parasitised by gregarious perithecium	Neobarya aurantiaca - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Claviceps purpurea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook