#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
supertype: fungus a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
subtype: rye_ergot a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium
member of: genus_Claviceps__Claviceps fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
member of: family_Hypocreaceae__Hypocreaceae family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
member of: order_Sphaeriales__Sphaeriales large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders
member of: class_Pyrenomycetes__Pyrenomycetes class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and neurospora
member of: subdivision_Ascomycota__Ascomycota__Ascomycotina__subdivision_Ascomycotina a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi
member of: division_Eumycota__Eumycota true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
member of: kingdom_Fungi__Fungi__fungus_kingdom the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants
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