#genus_Claviceps__Claviceps fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
supertype: fungus_genus includes lichen genera
member of: family_Hypocreaceae
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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