Cuitlacoche, also known as huitlacoche, is a parasitic fungus that exclusively grows on maize plants, affecting their corn kernels, stalks and leaves. Called corn smut in English, it typically ...

If individual plants have poor ears, it’s probably from insects or diseases such as crazy top and corn smut. Nutrient deficiencies rarely affect single plants. Areas with uniformly poor stands ...

Meanwhile, another non-alcoholic option called esmoloc is a fragrant dissolving of grains from the corn smut fungus cuiltlacoche in water. Las Pichanchas, a restaurant in the state capital of ...

Some of those people are allergic to raw or cooked corn. While it's a common food, corn allergy is much less common than are allergies to wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soy, fish, shellfish ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to help spread its spores to new victims. Later expeditions found similar ...

The infected spiders - seen here with the fungus over its head and body - have been found in several cave systems across the island of Ireland It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV ...

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Nearly 14 years after white-nose syndrome began devastating bat populations in New Brunswick, researchers see signs the fungus is receding and bats are becoming more resilient against the disease.

In 2019, state health officials released the first-ever list of hospitals and nursing homes in New York that treated patients harboring Candida auris, the deadly drug-resistant fungus. That list ...

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