This month's fungus is Claviceps purpurea, cause of ergotism-- and likely contributor to the Salem Witch Trials ... Similar outbreaks probably occurred throughout the world wherever the conditions were right for the growth of Claviceps purpurea. The chemical responsible for the hallucinations is actually LSD! lysergic acid.
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Ergot refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps (ergot fungi). The most prominent member of this group is Claviceps purpurea . This fungus grows on rye and related plants, and can cause e...
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Claviceps purpurea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claviceps purpurea is a fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal and forage plants. Consumption of grains or seeds contaminated with the fruiting structure of this fungus, the ergot ...
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Claviceps purpurea - Ergot Alkaloid ... One of the most amazing stories about naturally-occurring alkaloids in fungi concerns ergot (Claviceps purpurea); a fungus that infects grains of rye and related grasses. ... The sclerotia are the source of the potent alkaloids in Claviceps purpurea. In late spring, when rye plants are...
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Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) ... One of the most fascinating of the natural hallucinogens comes from a fungus called ergot, which grows on the grains of grasses, especially rye (Secale), but occasionally on barley (Hordeum), wheat (Triticium), and several wild grasses.
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Claviceps purpurea, commonly known as Ergot, lives most of its life as an ndophyte inside the cells of graminaceous plants, particularly rye. This fungus infects rye through the stigma of its flower and produces a mycelial mat that replaces the plant’s ovarian tissues.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Claviceps purpurea. Claviceps purpurea. Information about Claviceps purpurea in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... (redirected from Claviceps purpurea)
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Lycaeum > Leda > Taxonomy > Eukaryota > Fungi > Ascomycota > Hypocreales > Clavicipitaceae > Claviceps > Claviceps purpurea ... King's American Dispensatory entry for Ergot; Overview of Claviceps purpurea, chemistry and use (related items...)
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Information on Microbes Associated With Food Spoilage, Breads and Bakery Products, Gram Positive Bacteria, Serratia Mrcescens, Inhibitor Enzyme, Lysozyme, Claviceps Purpurea, Toxin Aflatoxin, Aspergillus Flavus, Convulsions and Hallucinations ... Another grain spoilage occurs by Claviceps purpurea, in rye,
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From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository ... Name Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. 1883; Family Clavicipitaceae ... C. purpurea (ergot) on Secale cereale (rye)
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