Claviceps (redirected from Claviceps paspali)

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a genus of fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.

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Claviceps - fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses genus Claviceps fungus genus - includes lichen genera family Hypocreaceae, Hypocreaceae - family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales Claviceps purpurea, ergot - 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