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Claviceps purpurea attacks rye and other cereal grasses, causing the plant disease ergot. This fungus is also the source of lysergic acid, the active component of the psychedelic drug LSD, and of other compounds used in obstetrics drugs.
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Claviceps purpurea attacks rye and other cereal grasses, causing the plant...
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