i have to explian what would happen if a certian type of plant became unhealthy to eat. to help me explain this i was looking for something that could get int a plant that would make what ever eats that plant sick and would make what ever ate the animal who was sick get sick and so on and so forth.
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Ergot is the common name of a fungus in the genus Claviceps that is parasitic on certain grains and grasses.
Ergotism is the name for sometimes severe pathological syndromes affecting humans or animals that have ingested ergot alkaloid-containing plant material, such as ergot-contaminated grains. The common name for ergotism is "St. Anthony's Fire", in reference to the symptoms, such as severe burning sensations in the limbs.[3] These are caused by effects of ergot alkaloids on the vascular system due to vasoconstriction of blood vessels, sometimes leading to gangrene and loss of limbs due to severely restricted blood circulation. The neurotropic activities of the ergot alkaloids may also cause hallucinations and attendant irrational behaviour, convulsions, and even death.
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Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot
In the Middle Ages some people developed strange symptom's that were named "St. Anthony's Fire". They had convulsions and felt their skin burning, and many died. The source was poisoning by a chemical called ergotamine. This is produced by the ergot fungus, which grows on rye. When bread was made with infected rye, the people who ate it were poisoned by ergotamine and developed ergotism, which they called St. Anthony's Fire.
I doubt ergotamine would build up high enough to poison anything that ate an animal that died from eating poisoned rye, but I suppose it's possible.
Edit: I see Peter beat me to it!