The feasibility of the protoplast mutagenesis for increasing productivity was studied on a Claviceps paspali strain, which was not easy to produce conidia under laboratory conditions. The experiments showed that the stable mutants with increased titers were obtained by UV-irradiation for five minutes, seven minutes and nine minutes, respectively. After UV-irradiation the lysergic acid amide alkaloid productivity was increased by 8 times, from the initial titers 58 mgL~(-1) to 459 mgL~(-1) after continual transfers. The results indicated that the protoplast UV-irradiation was a feasible approac...