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Top: Science: Biology: Flora_and_Fauna: Fungi: Ascomycota: Clavicipitaceae:
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» Claviceps fusiformis - Photograph showing the conidial stage of this fungus, seen here infecting pearl millet.
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» Claviceps purpurea - Article by Tom Vork on this species which is a plant parasite commonly found on grains of rye and the cause of ergotism when ingested by humans and other animals.
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» Claviceps purpurea: Ergot - Article on the alkaloids occurring in ergot, which is a parasite which infects rye and other grains, and their psychoactive and medicinal uses. [PDF]
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» Cordyceps subsessilis - This rare fungus is a pathogen of scarab beetles but is found more often in its asexual form, Tolypocladium inflatum, from which the drug cyclosporin is obtained. Article with photographs.
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» Ergot - Photographs and information on Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of this infection.
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