ergot

基本解释

Cordyceps fungus (see ergot Section), the parasitic larvae of moths in the bat.
虫草属真菌（见麦角科），寄生在蝙蝠蛾幼虫体内。
The current process for manufacturing it is a rather messy one involving ergot, a parasite of rye.
目前制造麦角溴烟酯的工艺仍然相当复杂，它要用到麦角菌——一种寄生在黑麦中细菌。
Another extra risk factor in organic production is the avoidance of fungicides, which can lead to the growth of moulds and increased risk of mycotoxins such as aflatoxin and ergot in crops.
有机生产中存在的另一个问题是拒绝使用杀真菌剂，这样就会致使霉菌生长，造成农作物中黄曲霉素和麦角碱之类的霉菌毒大量增加。

The current process for manufacturing it is a rather messy one involving ergot, a parasite of rye.
ECONOMIST: LSD
Over the centuries, the main culprits in mass food poisoning have often been mycotoxins, such as ergotamine from ergot or fumonisin from Fusarium species, resulting from the fungal contamination of unprocessed crops.
FORBES: Bittman of the 'New York Times': Always Out To Lunch
As he worked in the Sandoz research laboratory in Basel in Switzerland on April 16th 1943, isolating and synthesising the unstable alkaloids of the ergot fungus, Albert Hofmann began to feel a slight lightheadedness.
ECONOMIST: Albert Hofmann, chemist, died on April 29th, aged 102

a disease of cereals and other grasses caused by ascomycete fungi of the genus Claviceps, esp C. purpurea, in which the seeds or grain of the plants are replaced by the spore-containing bodies (sclerotia) of the fungus