Abstract
Nitrous acid acting on conidia gave a mutant of an ergotoxine strain of C. purpurea. In this mutant the ability of the sphacelial growth as well as of conidiation was lost. Only thick-walled large sclerotial cells with a high lipid content were formed. The quality and quantity of the alkaloid production was not affected.

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