Question

Please answer to this queation Ergot of Rye is caused by a species of??

Answer 1

Claviceps includes about 50 known species, mostly in the tropical regions. Economically significant species include C. purpurea(parasitic on grasses and cereals), C. fusiformis (on pearl millet, buffel grass), C. paspali (on dallis grass), C. africana[4] (on sorghum), and C. lutea (on paspalum).[5] C. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species such as rye (its most common host), as well as triticale, wheat and barley. It affects oats only rarely.

Answer 2

it includes 50 different species .one of them is
Claviceps purpurea