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Claviceps purpurea > noun, plant
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsergot
Member ofClaviceps, genus Claviceps
Broaderfungus
Narrowerrye ergot

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