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Clavicipitaceae
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The Clavicipitaceae are a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales. A 2008 estimate placed 43 genera in the family,[1] but a study in 2020 has increased this number to 50.[2]
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Clavicipitaceae | |
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Claviceps purpurea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae (Lindau) Earle (1901) |
Type genus | |
Claviceps Tul. (1853) | |
Genera | |
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