Festuca
A plant genus of the family POACEAE. The common name of fescue is also used with some other grasses.
Lolium
Poaceae
Acremonium
Epichloe
A genus of ascomycetous fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae, order HYPOCREALES, which are fungal symbionts of grasses. Anamorphic forms are in the genus NEOTYPHODIUM.
Ergotism
Plant Poisoning
Neotyphodium
Hypocreales
Ergot Alkaloids
Alkaloids originally isolated from the ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea (Hypocreaceae). They include compounds that are structurally related to ergoline (ERGOLINES) and ergotamine (ERGOTAMINES). Many of the ergot alkaloids act as alpha-adrenergic antagonists.