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Claviceps

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-005137

A genus of ascomycetous fungi, family Clavicipitaceae, order Hypocreales, parasitic on various grasses ( POACEAE). The sclerotia contain several toxic alkaloids. Claviceps purpurea on rye causes ergotism.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-005137
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
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  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/claviceps/"
}

Record 5,137 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.