Ergot Collection

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Rye, Secale cereale, wheat, Triticum aestivum, and ergot or spurred rye, Secale cornutum
5855096 Rye, Secale cereale, wheat, Triticum aestivum, and ergot or spurred rye, Secale cornutum; (add.info.: Rye, Secale cereale, wheat, Triticum aestivum, and ergot or spurred rye, Secale cornutum)

A woodcut engraving depicting a victim of St Anthony's Fire (gangrenous ergotism) appealing to the saint for help
5310993 A woodcut engraving depicting a victim of St Anthony's Fire (gangrenous ergotism) appealing to the saint for help, 16th century; (add.info.: Date: 1593); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Ergot (colour litho)
3117027 Ergot (colour litho); (add.info.: Claviceps purpurea Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte)

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea (Secale cornutum). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Claviceps purpurea is an ergot fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal
Illustration of a Claviceps purpurea is an ergot fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal and forage plants

Rye ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

St Anthony the Great (Antony) of Thebes 251-356. Egyptian aesthetic: Father of Christian monasticism: Patron saint of herdsmen

Sclerotium Clavus
ERGOT of rye seed, a diseased transformation by a fungus, which can lead to poisoning by contaminated bread. Right : TILLETIA CARIES, another harmful growth

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