Fungal parasites of grasses and cereals: their role as food or medicine, now and in the past

Pages & Document Description:
247 - 257; refs; tables
URL/DOI:
http://antiquity.ac.uk/
Author:
Aaronson, Sheldon
Abstract:
Several parasitic fungi (eg Claviceps purpurea, C Paspali, Ustilago maydis, and U esculenta) have infested cereal grains and grasses in ancient and recent times. Their physiological effects are discussed, and archaeological evidence for them comes from (inter alia) Lindow Man, and two sites in Scotland where ergot was found.
Dataset:
BAA
Classifications:
1B, 1E
Source full ref:
Aaronson, Sheldon 1989 `Fungal parasites of grasses and cereals: their role as food or medicine, now and in the past' Antiquity 63, 1989 247-57, tables, refs. []
Source description:
247-57, tables, refs.

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