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SECALE CORNUTUM

Standard name Secale cornutum
Other names
Standard abbr. Sec.
Other abbr.
Scientific name Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. 1853
Other scientific names Sclerotium clavus DC. 1815; Sphaeria purpurea Fr. 1823; Kentrosporium microcephalum Wallr.; Cordyceps purpurea (Fr.) Berk.; Pseudocenangium purpureum (Fr.) A. Knapp; Claviceps microcephala (Wallr.) Tul. 1853; Sphacelia segetum Lév. 1827; Cordyceps microcephala (Wallr.) Berk. & Broome
Common names Spurred rye; Ergot of rye
Substance description A Tincture is made of the fresh fungus; Tincture of The fresh spurs collected just before harvest
Distinctness VARIANTS (1. Tincture of the fresh fungus; 2. Tincture of The fresh spurs)
Classification Organism – Fungi – Ascomycota – Sordariomycetes – Hypocreales – Clavicipitaceae – Claviceps

Provings

Materia medica

Hering, C: The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Notes

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