Fungi: Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae: Claviceps paspali F.Stevens & J.G.Hall

Claviceps paspali – Dallisgrass Ergot

Synonyms: Mothesia paspali, Sclerotium paspali, Spermoedia paspali.

Common name: Dallisgrass Ergot.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Brownseed Paspalum grass (Paspalum plicatulum) with black ergot fungus Claviceps paspali on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
1001 Lakeview Ln, Somerville, TX 77879, USA

Seeds of brownseed Paspalum grass (Paspalum plicatulum) infected by ergot fungus Claviceps paspali on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
1001 Lakeview Ln, Somerville, TX 77879, USA

Black ergot fungus Claviceps paspali on brownseed Paspalum grass (Paspalum plicatulum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
1001 Lakeview Ln, Somerville, TX 77879, USA

Comments

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