claviceps purpurea

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112986386)
    is a type of: fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
    subtypes: rye ergot - a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium
    belongs to: claviceps, genus claviceps - fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
    same as: ergot

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