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Ergot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ergot of Rye - I: Introduction and History ... Ergot of Rye is a plant disease that is caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. The so-called ergot that replaces the grain of the rye is a dark, purplish sclerotium (Figs. 1a-b), from which the sexual stage (Fig.
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Years and years ago, when I was a little kid, I had read about the French case of ergot poisoning, and I made the connection between the two." ; "The curious thing is that I went back recently to take a look at that reference and the author doesn't use the word hallucination at all.
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Rye ergot and witches, more widespread than we thought ... In 1976 Linnda Caporael offered the first evidence that the Salem witch trials followed an outbreak of rye ergot. Ergot is a fungus blight that forms hallucinogenic drugs in bread. Its victims can appear bewitched when they're actually stoned.
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Ergotism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ergotism is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more rece...
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Thuillier noticed in a field of rye the ergot, or cockspurs (picture at right) as the farmers called them, growing in place of grain on some heads of rye. Farmers considered these cockspurs to be harmless. ... The peasants were eating the ergot rye flour in the form of bread. Thuillier also noticed that in years that...
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ERGOT - Symptoms, signs, disease cycle and control in small grain crops and grasses; Effect, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control in animals ... Ergot, caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea, is a disease of cereal crops and grasses. The disease causes reduced yield and quality of grains and hay and also causes...
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Ergotism is caused by the chemicals in the fungus called ergot (pronounced AIR-got). Consumption of foods contaminated with ergot and ergot derivatives may cause vomiting, diarrhea, hallucinations, and may lead to gangrene in serious cases.
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Ergot is a disease of cereals that has had considerable historical impact. The fungus produces toxins that cause ergotism in animals, including humans. ... Ergot is caused by Claviceps purpurea. This fungus, an ascomycete, forms sclerotia, ascospores and conidia. The sclerotia vary in size (2-20 millimeters long),
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