Clavicipitaceae Ascomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna

Article on the alkaloids occurring in ergot, which is a parasite which infects rye and other grains, and their psychoactive and medicinal uses.

• Ergot - Photographs and information on Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of clavicipitaceae this infection.
• Cordyceps ophioglossoides - Information and a photograph of this parasitic species.
• Polycephalomyces tomentosus - Photograph of this species.
• Cordyceps longisegmentis - Photograph of this species which parasitizes other fungi.
• Claviceps purpurea - Article by Tom Vork on this species which ascomycota is a clavicipitaceae plant parasite commonly found on grains ascomycota of rye and the clavicipitaceae cause of ergotism when ascomycota ingested by humans and other animals.
• Claviceps fusiformis - Photograph showing the conidial stage of this fungus, seen here ascomycota infecting pearl millet.
• Cordyceps subsessilis - This rare fungus is a pathogen of scarab fungi beetles but is found more often in its fungi asexual form, Tolypocladium inflatum, from which the drug fungi cyclosporin is obtained. Article with photographs.
• Claviceps purpurea: Ergot - Article on the alkaloids occurring in ergot, which is a parasite which infects rye and other grains, and their psychoactive and medicinal uses.[PDF]
• Cordyceps melolonthae - Photograph of this species which is a parasite fungi of beetle larvae.

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