> and how unusual it was to find a complex compound like a lysergide in both a fungi and a completely unrelated plant. And much has been learned in this area s

> and how unusual it was to find a complex compound like a lysergide in both a fungi and a completely unrelated plant. And much has been learned in this area since 1984 as well. Hofmann's discovery was vindicated; symbiotic fungi of the genus Balansia are responsible for producing the ergot alkaloids found in Ipomoea and similar species' seeds. This chemical process is only known from fungi, and turns out NOT to have surprisingly arisen in plants as was apparent when he isolated it from said plants.