Tag Archive for 'Ergot'

This grass spikelet from the middle Cretaceous is the earliest grass specimen ever discovered, and is covered on its tip by the parasite ergot. Image credit: Oregon State University.

100-Million-Year-Old Burmese Amber Preserves Fungus-Infected Grass

Feb 10, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of paleontologists led by Dr George Poinar of Oregon State University has found a grass spikelet and an ergot-like parasitic fungus...