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Neurospora

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q309943
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Neurospora

Summary

Neurospora is a taxon[1]. Neurospora ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month, #1,597 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Neurospora's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Neurospora is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Neurospora belongs to the parent taxon Sordariaceae[5].
  • Neurospora's scientific name is Neurospora[6].
  • Neurospora's Commons category is recorded as Neurospora[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Neurospora is Neurospora sitophila[8].
  • Neurospora's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Neurospora[9].
  • Neurospora's taxon author citation is recorded as Shear & B.O.Dodge[10].
  • Neurospora's taxon author citation is recorded as Shear & B.O. Dodge[11].

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Classification

Neurospora's scientific name is Neurospora[6]. Neurospora is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Neurospora is classified within Sordariaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Neurospora is Neurospora sitophila[8].

Identifiers

Neurospora's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 374963[12]. Neurospora's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5140[13]. Neurospora's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 16673[14]. Neurospora's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2572660[15].

Why It Matters

Neurospora ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month, #1,597 of 195,241).[2] Neurospora has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . id.biodiversity.org.au. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Biota of New Zealand. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Neurospora sitophila
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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