Did anyone ever consider trying to obtain a good specimen of Claviceps paspali from a plant souce?
I started investigating and found out that the Paspalum grass family gets infected with Claviceps paspali all the time.
I also found to my surprise that one of the species of the family called Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) gets infected with claviceps paspali of the Stevens and Hall brand ... which can prove to be important info.
imediatly dreams of growing fields of this Dallisgrass are formed in mind offcourse but as i am just a begginer I would appreciate as many opinions as possible about the idea , specifically about the certainity of the purity of the such collected claviceps.
I am attaching a links on the subject with info and pictures
1.
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/online.bks/weeds/dalisgra.htm
dealing with the subject of Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) .
1a.
http://www.ncsu.edu/forage/dallis.htm
has good info on Dallis Grass , and good pics for foraging.
2.
http://ss.ngri.affrc.go.jp/diseases/de23.htm#pp
Ergot
showing pics of Claviceps paspali stevens and hall in various stages of the disease, and also info about other diseases of Paspalum. <--- can someone with japanese fonts and reading abilities gather and translate information from the rest of the site?
Beeloyal
The war isnt over!