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Claviceps purpurea is a fungus that infects grain crops like rye and produces toxic compounds that can poison people and animals who consume the contaminated grain. It has historical significance because widespread infections led to epidemics of a disease called ergotism, which caused serious illness and death in medieval Europe.
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Species
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SPECIES
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderHypocreales
- FamilyClavicipitaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations2,431
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- psychoactive mushroom
- Parent taxon
Article
Claviceps purpurea is an ergot fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal and forage plants. Consumption of grains or seeds contaminated with the survival structure of this fungus, the ergot sclerotium, can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals. C. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species such as rye (its most common host), as well as triticale, wheat and barley. It affects oats only rarely.
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