Claviceps Tul.
(ergot fungi)

Interactions where Claviceps is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
nectar nectar of Sphacelia anamorph is food source of adult UK/Ireland Melanostoma scalare a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae An epidemic of Entomophthora on flies and its relationship with the Sphacelia stage of Claviceps, Ingold, C.T. & Plunkett, B.E., 1979
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Melanostoma scalare/Melanostoma scalarea hoverflyadult Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps/Clavicepsergot funginectarSphacelia anamorph adult feeds on nectar of Sphacelia anamorph

Author & YearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. & Plunkett, B.E., 1979An epidemic of Entomophthora on flies and its relationship with the Sphacelia stage of ClavicepsBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (1): 35-37.

Claviceps (ergot fungi) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Claviceps (ergot fungi) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Claviceps nigricans
an ascomycete
Species 2 trophisms
Claviceps purpurea
Ergot
Species 2 subtaxa 51 trophisms 8 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusClaviceps (ergot fungi)
FamilyCLAVICIPITACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Claviceps (ergot fungi)

Claviceps (ergot fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. & Plunkett, B.E. 1979 An epidemic of Entomophthora on flies and its relationship with the Sphacelia stage of Claviceps Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (1): 35-37.
Pegler, D.N. & Watling, R. 1982 British Toxic Fungi Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 16 (1): 66-75.
White, J.F.Jr., Sullivan, R., Moy, M., Patel, R. & Duncan, R. An overview of problems in the classification of plant-parasitic Clavicipitaceae White, J.F.Jr., Sullivan, R., Moy, M., Patel, R. & Duncan, R. An overview of problems in the classification of plant-parasitic Clavicipitaceae, 11pp, Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Claviceps (ergot fungi):

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