Claviceps zizaniae

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]

Claviceps zizaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Claviceps
Species:
C. zizaniae
Binomial name
Claviceps zizaniae
(Fyles) ex Redhead, M.E.Corlett & M.N.L.Lefebvre (2009)
Synonyms[1]
  • Spermoedia zizaniae Fyles (1920)
  • Claviceps zizaniae (Fyles) Pantidou (1959)

References
  1. "Claviceps zizaniae (Fyles) Pantidou ex Redhead, M.E. Corlett & M.N.L. Lefebvre". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  2. Fyles F. (1920). "Wild rice". Canadian Department of Agriculture Bulletin. 42: 1–20.
  3. Pantidou ME. (1959). "Claviceps from Zizania". Canadian Journal of Botany. 37 (6): 1233–6. doi:10.1139/b59-104.
  4. Redhead SA, Corlett ME, Lefebvre MNL (2008). "Validation and typification of the name Claviceps zizaniae". Mycotaxon. 106: 303–9.


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