| NOUN | plant | Claviceps, genus Claviceps | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |
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| Meaning | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses. | |
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| Synonym | genus Claviceps | |
| Member of | Hypocreaceae, family Hypocreaceae | family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps |
| Members | ergot, Claviceps purpurea | A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant |
| Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |