Periglandula ipomoeae is a fungus of the genus Periglandula in the family Clavicipitaceae.
Symbiosis Ipomoea asarifolia, and Ipomoea tricolor seeds contains LSA and LSH among other alkaloids, due to the presence of the symbiotic fungus Periglandula ipomoeae, which lives symbiotically with them as an epibiont and produces these compoundsSteiner, Ulrike, and Eckhard Leistner. "Ergoline alkaloids in convolvulaceous host plants originate from epibiotic clavicipitaceous fungi of the genus Periglandula." Fungal Ecology 5.3 (2012): 316-321. Available at:
See also Periglandula clandestina Periglandula turbinae Ergot
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