Claviceps purpurea is an ovarian parasite infecting grasses (Poaceae) including cereals
and forage plants. This fungus produces toxic alkaloids and consumption of contaminated …

Eight undescribed species of Claviceps were recognized from the combinations of
molecular and morphological characters. The teleomorph was observed only for Claviceps …

Claviceps purpurea is an important pathogen of grasses and source of novel chemical
compounds. Three groups within this species (G1, G2 and G3) have been recognized based …

Background Claviceps purpurea is a pathogen that infects most members of Pooideae, a
subfamily of Poaceae, and causes ergot, a floral disease in which the ovary is replaced with …

The evolution and to some extent the taxonomy of the parasitic fungi belonging to the genus
Claviceps are linked to the evolution of their host plants (grasses, rushes, and sedges) …

Claviceps purpurea is a ubiquitous pathogen of cereals and grasses, causing Ergot disease,
which results in substitution of grains by sclerotia. These overwintering structures contain …

The ergot, genus Claviceps, comprises approximately 60 species of specialised ovarial
grass parasites famous for the production of food toxins and pharmaceutics. Although the …

We studied genetic variability of 100 isolates of Claviceps purpurea by using randomly
amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), an Eco RI restriction site polymorphism in the 5.8 S …

Sylvie Pažoutová Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Prague, Czech Republic1. INTRODUCTIONMembers of the genus Claviceps are …

A taxonomic and nomenclatural revision of some representatives of Clavariaceae is
presented based on extensive collecting in central and western Europe. Five species …