79 

 Stager did not irake detailed tnorpiiological study of this 

 species but he thinks that it is the eswe as Clavicens Wilsoni Cooke. 

 Inoculat ion exp eritnftTi'h vri i-i \ ciavicens from Zizania (76) 

 5!his species goes to: 



Zizania aquata 

 Zizania palustris 

 It does not go to: 



Agropyron tenerum 

 Alopecurus pratensis 

 Arrhenatherum elatius 

 Avena sativa 

 Dactylis gloiterata 

 Elyrcus dsystachys 

 Hordeum vulgar e 

 Poa pratensis 

 Secale cereale 

 Fyles (76) considers this f^ungus as a distinct species, 

 different f rem .Ci. jpurpuiea and from all other known species. 



irOXICOLCGY 

 History 

 E.S early as Caesar* s and Galen's, (l) times some diseases among 

 nan and beast have been attributed to impurities in the grains. The 

 epidemics reported during the middle ages and Icnovm as "Ignis sacer" were 

 at least partly due to ergot. '.Mille such epidanics have been rare dtiring 

 the last two or three centuries, they were much Dore comiron during the 

 early tir^s. 5aie"Holy Fire" in 922 in Spain and Prance alone is supposed 

 to have taken 40,000 lives. 



