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
Claviceps zizaniae growing on wildrice plants in a marsh in Nova Scotia.
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)