Dear of troy: but remember that smut on grain puts lysergic acid into flour causing grotesque visual illusions, and also an extremely potent vasoconstrictor that caused gangrene of the legs in people who ate bread made from the flour a couple hundred years ago. (In tiny doses, this agent is used in obstetrics. I'm blocking on the name.

PS: Ergot is a name for smut. Ergotamine tartrate was used
as potent uterine muscle stimulant. Very cautiously. Now a
synthetic product methergine is preferred.