page_title: Claviceps purpurea
section_title: Host range
hierarchical_section_title: Claviceps purpurea / Host range
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Sclérote de Claviceps purpurea sur Alopecurus myosuroides Esperanto: Skleroto de Claviceps purpurea kreskante sur semo de Alopecurus myosuroides
context_page_description: 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, as well as triticale, wheat and barley. It affects oats only rarely.
caption: Sclerotium of Claviceps purpurea on Alopecurus myosuroides
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