The corn smut fungus (Ustilago zeae or U. maydis) infects corn plants early in the season via damaged plant tissue. As the fungus matures, it goes on to form the bluish-gray, ...

All 1,400 of the corn plants had been overtaken almost overnight by corn smut, recalls Bradford, who's also a landscape architect. The smut, from a fungus called Ustilago maydis, ...

Garden Writer Bill Finch discusses the summer delicacy that is corn smut, a fungus that finds its way onto cobs when weather conditions are idea. Skip to Article. Set weather.

He hopes innovative farmers can one day benefit from a corn smut market. “We prefer to call it corn mushroom or corn truffle when we’re talking about eating it,” he says. Tastes better that way.

I have tried growing sweet corn for the first time this year. I have noticed that some of the ears have misshapen kernels with what appears to be a black growth. What is this and what should I do?— ...

Corn smut, Mexican truffle, fungus--whatever you call it, the smoky, sweet delicacy is a rare but delicious treat and it's available in metro Detroit.

This fungus is known as corn smut, or as corn blight. However, adventuresome gourmets call them corn mushrooms. Natives of Mexico and the American Southwest refer to them as huitlacoche (wheat-la ...

Huitlacoche, also known as the "Mexican truffle," is an edible fungus that forms on undeveloped corn ears and sells for as much as $40 a pound.

Also called ‘corn smut,’ huitlacoche is a corn fungus that tastes almost like black truffle, and can do so much more than just fill quesadillas — if American chefs and diners can get over ...

Corn smut, that is. For years, scientists have assumed that huitlacoche (WEET-LA-KO-CHEE) – a gnarly, gray-black corn fungus long-savored in Mexico – had nutritional values similar to those of ...

One evening last July, Nat Bradford walked along rows of White Bolita Mexican corn at his Sumter, S.C., farm, and nearly wept. All 1,400 of the corn plants had been overtaken almost overnight by corn ...