Culture
Potato dextrose agar, wheat seeds or oat flour are suitable substrates for growth of the fungus in the laboratory. Agricultural production of Claviceps purpurea on rye is used to produce ergot alkaloids. Biological production of ergot alkaloids is also carried out by saprophytic cultivations.
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