Claviceps purpurea is an ergot fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal and forage plants. Consumption of grain or seed contaminated with its survival structure, the ergot sclerotium, can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals. It most commonly affects outcrossing species such as rye, as well as triticale, wheat and barley, and only rarely affects oats.
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1. FUNGuild: FUNGuild fungal guild database
FUNGuildRecord: Claviceps purpureaQuote, Record: Claviceps purpurea
"taxon":"Claviceps purpurea" ... "trophicMode":"Pathotroph"
2. GBIF Species API
3. Claviceps purpurea, Wikipedia
Section: Life cycle
Ergot infection causes a reduction in the yield and quality of grain and hay produced, and if infected grain or hay is fed to livestock it may cause a disease called ergotism.
Section: Culture; begins "Agricultural production of Claviceps purpurea on"
Agricultural production of Claviceps purpurea on rye is used to produce ergot alkaloids.
In Biome: Salt Marsh, Intraspecific variations
G1-land grasses of open meadows and fields; G2-grasses from moist, forest, and mountain habitats; G3 (Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae), salt marsh grasses (Spartina, Distichlis).
View the Source4. NatureServe Explorer: Claviceps purpurea
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"roundedGRank": "GNR"
5. Wikipedia: Claviceps purpurea
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Claviceps purpurea
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 9378152, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 9378152, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Ergot
Child Taxon Of: Sordariomycetes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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