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You are here: Top: Science:Biology:Flora and Fauna:Fungi:Ascomycota:Clavicipitaceae  (11)

  • Claviceps fusiformis - Photograph showing the conidial stage of this fungus, seen here infecting pearl millet.
  • 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.
  • Claviceps purpurea - microscopic image
  • Claviceps purpurea - microscopic image
  • 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]
  • Cordyceps longisegmentis - Photograph of this species which parasitizes other fungi.
  • Cordyceps melolonthae - Photograph of this species which is a parasite of beetle larvae.
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides - Information and a photograph of this parasitic species.
  • 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.
  • Ergot - Photographs and information on Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of this infection.
  • Polycephalomyces tomentosus - Photograph of this species.

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