Inflorescences of #Lolium perenne heavily infected with ergots of #Claviceps purpurea, themselves colonized (hyperparasitized?) by #Fusarium heterosporum (syn. F. lolii), which form orange sporodochia at the base of the sclerotia (Villepreux, FR) — see Gay & Shattock (1980).

Epicoccum andropogonis ex Claviceps purpurea
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#Ergot sclerotia on purple moor-grass (#Molinia caerulea) likely caused by #Claviceps purpurea (Bois d'Arcy forest, Les Clayes-sous-Bois, FR).

#Ergot on mat-grass (#Nardus stricta) caused by #Claviceps purpurea (Mont d'Alembre, FR).

Tellement tentant de regarder dans les bordures 🤗, sur vieilles tiges de Lolium sp. (Versailles, FR): #Claviceps purpurea (ergot), #Puccinia graminis (rouille noire), #Fusarium sp., #Alternaria sp., et probablement bien d'autres...

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#Ergot of rye (Secale cereale) caused by #Claviceps purpurea (Moudeyres FR). Not great for 👨🏻‍🌾.

#Ergot of dallisgrass (#Paspalum dilatatum) caused by #Claviceps paspali forming a sticky exudate from the spikelets (light-brown honey dew containing conidia), then a sclerotium replacing the caryopsis (Fonsorbes, FR).

#Ergot of dallisgrass (#Paspalum dilatatum) caused by #Claviceps paspali forming a sticky exudate from the spikelets (light-brown honey dew containing conidia), then a sclerotium replacing the caryopsis (Fonsorbes, FR).

#Ergot sclerotia on Elymus caninus (?) caused by #Claviceps sp. (Sermizelles, FR).

#Ergot sclerotia on Elymus caninus (?) caused by #Claviceps sp. (Sermizelles, FR).

#Ergot on Elymus caninus (?) caused by #Claviceps sp., found in a path along a wheat field (Sermizelles, FR). Possible inoculum transfer from wild to cultivated compartment is to be considered...

#Ergot on Elymus caninus (?) caused by #Claviceps sp., found in a path along a wheat field (Sermizelles, FR). Possible inoculum transfer from wild to cultivated compartment is to be considered...

Sclerotia (#ergot) protruding from a head of #Phalaris arundinacea ('reed canary grass'), probably caused by #Claviceps purpurea, #Arlempdes, Haute-Loire, France

…and (2) #Claviceps purpurea (#ergot) on #Triticum aestivum (#wheat, cv. Chinese spring).

Uncertainty in the import of #wheat affected by #ergot fungus in Egypt continues: administrative court bans imports of #Russian grains with traces of #Claviceps purpurea

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#Egypt's ban on #wheat pathogen #Claviceps purpurea (#ergot) seen as unrealistic: zero tolerance is a nonsense

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#Egypt's ban on #wheat pathogen #Claviceps purpurea (#ergot) seen as unrealistic: zero tolerance is a nonsense

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