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Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. (Ergot)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
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 South Devon England 1
Claviceps purpurea Fruitbody 8 April 1972 East Sussex England 1
Claviceps purpurea Resting stage 28 February 1972 Mid-west Yorkshire England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs #webs
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:

Photos sclerotium Agrostis - bent grasses (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [with rather short ergots]
Photos sclerotium Alopecurus - foxtail grasses (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Ammophila (Bot.) - marram grasses (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos sclerotium Bromus - a genus of bromes (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos sclerotium Elytrigia atherica - Sea Couch (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos 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
Photos sclerotium Lolium - rye grasses (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Molinia caerulea - Purple Moor-grass (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Nardus stricta - Mat-grass (Poaceae) sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Agrostis - bent grasses (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Alopecurus - foxtail grasses (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Ammophila (Bot.) - marram grasses (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Bromus - a genus of bromes (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Elytrigia atherica - Sea Couch (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos 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
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Lolium - rye grasses (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Sphacelia anamorph Molinia caerulea - Purple Moor-grass (Poaceae) Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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
Photos 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 (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos ergot ergot is food source of fruitbody Melanotus phillipsii - Grass Oysterling (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) Rare
Photos Sphacelium anamorph Sphacelium anamorph is associate of anamorph colony Cladosporium - a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos 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

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