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» Claviceps purpurea
   Article by Tom Vork on this species which is a plant parasite commonly found on grains of rye and the cause of ergotism when ingested by humans and other animals.
   http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct99.html

» Claviceps purpurea: Ergot
   Article on the alkaloids occurring in ergot, which is a parasite which infects rye and other grains, and their psychoactive and medicinal uses.
   http://www.v72.org/PDF/sacred_ergot.pdf

» Cordyceps longisegmentis
   Photograph of this species which parasitizes other fungi.
   http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/canaden.html

» Cordyceps melolonthae
   Photograph of this species which is a parasite of beetle larvae.
   http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/melolon.html

» Cordyceps ophioglossoides
   Information and a photograph of this parasitic species.
   http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/ophio.html

» Cordyceps subsessilis
   This rare fungus is a pathogen of scarab beetles but is found more often in its asexual form, Tolypocladium inflatum, from which the drug cyclosporin is obtained. Article with photographs.
   http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jun2006.html

» Ergot
   Photographs and information on Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of this infection.
   http://www.hgca.com/hgca/wde/diseases/Ergot/Ergohost.html

» Polycephalomyces tomentosus
   Photograph of this species.
   http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Polycephalomyces_tomentosus_01_Paula_DeSanto.htm