A Very Brief History of Fungal Contamination of Our Foodstock: Ergot and Witchcraft to the Great Potato Blight Famine

By David P Clark

Education : Teaching Methods & Materials - General

FT Press
Publication date: May 2010

ISBN: 9780132102056

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This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Available in print and digital formats.

Fungal diseases and historical catastrophe: the Irish Potato Famine and beyond.

During the Middle Ages, fungal infections took a steady, continual toll rather than appearing occasionally in virulent epidemics. They rarely caused specific catastrophes but provided the backdrop to daily life-and death. Nonetheless, fungal diseases have sometimes caused historical catastrophes by destroying crops. The best-known case is the Irish Potato Famine of 1845-50....

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