Claviceps zizaniae
| Claviceps zizaniae | |
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| Claviceps zizaniae growing on wildrice plants in a marsh in Nova Scotia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Claviceps |
| Species: | C. zizaniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Claviceps zizaniae (Fyles) ex Redhead, M.E.Corlett & M.N.L.Lefebvre (2009)
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Claviceps zizaniae is a plant pathogen that causes ergot in the wild rice species Zizania aquatica and Z. palustris. Originally described in 1920 as Spermoedia zizaniae by Faith Fyles,[2] it was transferred to Claviceps in 1959 by Maria E. Pantidou.[3] The new combination, however, was not published validly as Pantidou "failed to provide a full and direct reference to the place of publication". The binomial was published validly by Scott Redhead and colleagues in 2009.[4]
References
- ^ "Claviceps zizaniae (Fyles) Pantidou ex Redhead, M.E. Corlett & M.N.L. Lefebvre". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ^ Fyles F. (1920). "Wild rice". Canadian Department of Agriculture Bulletin. 42: 1–20.
- ^ Pantidou ME. (1959). "Claviceps from Zizania". Canadian Journal of Botany. 37 (6): 1233–6. doi:10.1139/b59-104.
- ^ Redhead SA, Corlett ME, Lefebvre MNL (2008). "Validation and typification of the name Claviceps zizaniae". Mycotaxon. 106: 303–9.