Rye is the most common place ergot grows, which is another common bread grain. I am not disagreeing with your post, and ergot can grow on wheat too, just pointing out that rye is a much more common source of egot contamination.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

this is one of the more polite "um actually"-s I've ever read

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I dont really know these things but i always just assumed rye (and barely) was just a kind of wilder less domesticated wheat.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

all cereals are related rather closely