#family_Hypocreaceae__Hypocreaceae family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
supertype: #fungus_family includes lichen families
subtype: #mushroom_pimple any of various mushrooms of the family Hypocreaceae
member of: #order_Sphaeriales
member: #genus_Claviceps__Claviceps fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
member: #Claviceps_purpurea__ergot a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
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