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Claviceps arundinis
Ascomycota > Sordariomycetes > Hypocreales > Clavicipitaceae
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Alderfen Broad TG3519Beeston Regis Common TG1642Buxton Heath, Hevingham TG1721Catfield Hall Estate TG3720Dersingham Bog TF6628East Wretham Heath TL9188Felmingham, Bryant's Heath TG2529Felthorpe Woods TG1416Foulden Common TF7600Holt Lowes TG0837Horning, Bure Valley Marshes TG3316Horsford TG1817Horsford Woods TG1918Horsford, Broadland Country Park TG1817Kelling Heath TG1041Litcham Common TF8817Roydon Common TF6822Roydon, Hudson's Fen TF6921Ryburgh Common TF9328Strumpshaw TG3306Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Wheatfen, Surlingham TG3205

Summary

30 records from 22 different sites
Years (# of records): 1971 (1) 1982 (1) 1986 (1) 1987 (1) 1988 (1) 1989 (3) 2003 (1) 2007 (2) 2009 (1) 2016 (2) 2017 (1) 2018 (2) 2019 (1) 2021 (4) 2022 (3) 2023 (2) 2024 (2) 2025 (1)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Claviceps purpurea; Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea
Associations: Molinia; Molinia caerulea; Phragmites; Phragmites australis
Substrates: florets; flowers, dead; grass flower; grass seed head; inflorescence; seed head; senescent inflorescence
Finders: A.M. Ainsworth; A.R. Leech; E.A. Ellis; foray; Ian Senior; R.E. Evans; Robert Maidstone; Robin Stevenson; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley
Identifiers: A.M. Ainsworth; A.R. Leech; E.A. Ellis; Ian Senior; R.E. Evans; Robert Maidstone; Robin Stevenson; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley
Confirmer: Tony Moverley
Comments: 'Also on Dactylis sp.'; 'Also on Deschampsia caespitosa'; 'Ascocarps'; 'On Phragmites heads'

Record Details

05/07/1971 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; Phragmites australis; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

23/10/1982 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; Molinia caerulea; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Also on Deschampsia caespitosa"; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

23/10/1986 Horning, Bure Valley Marshes; TG3316; Molinia; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

23/09/1987 Horning, Bure Valley Marshes; TG3316; Phragmites; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On Phragmites heads"; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

19/10/1988 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; Molinia; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

14/10/1989 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; Molinia caerulea; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

05/11/1989 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; Molinia; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Also on Dactylis sp."; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

23/11/1989 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; Molinia; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

26/10/2003 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; Molinia; flowers, dead; A.M. Ainsworth; A.M. Ainsworth; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

13/10/2007 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; Molinia caerulea; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

13/10/2007 Horsford; TG1817; Molinia caerulea; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

04/10/2009 Dersingham Bog; TF6628; Molinia caerulea; inflorescence; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

26/09/2016 Roydon, Hudson's Fen; TF6921; Molinia caerulea; grass flower; foray; Tony Leech; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

27/12/2016 Foulden Common; TF763002; Molinia caerulea; Robin Stevenson; Robin Stevenson; "Ascocarps"; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

27/10/2017 Litcham Common; TF8817; Molinia caerulea; inflorescence; foray; Tony Leech; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

20/10/2018 Beeston Regis Common; TG1642; Molinia caerulea; inflorescence; foray; Tony Leech; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

03/11/2018 Ryburgh Common; TF9328; Molinia caerulea; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

12/01/2019 Kelling Heath; TG102417; Molinia; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

30/10/2021 East Wretham Heath; TL918881; Molinia caerulea; florets; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

06/11/2021 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG1817; Molinia caerulea; florets; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

06/11/2021 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG1717; Molinia caerulea; florets; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

20/11/2021 Roydon Common; TF6822; Molinia caerulea; grass seed head; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

16/04/2022 Alderfen Broad; TG3519; Phragmites australis; inflorescence; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

07/05/2022 Strumpshaw; TG3306; Phragmites; seed head; Robert Maidstone; Robert Maidstone; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

17/09/2022 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG1817; Molinia; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

07/10/2023 Catfield Hall Estate; TG3720; Molinia; senescent inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; Tony Moverley; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

11/11/2023 Litcham Common; TF884170; Molinia; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

07/01/2024 Horsford Woods; TG194184; Molinia; inflorescence; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

21/09/2024 Holt Lowes; TG0837; Molinia; senescent inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

16/11/2025 Felmingham, Bryant's Heath; TG2529; Molinia caerulea; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea]
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Claviceps purpurea var. purpurea but Claviceps arundinis is regarded as associated with Molinia and Phragmites. Ref: Delimitation of cryptic species inside Claviceps purpurea, Pazoutova, S. et al., 2015, Fungal Biology 119(1): 7-26.

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