Depending on your opinion of this edible fungus, you might actually be excited to find corn smut in your garden.

An curved arrow pointing right. 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. Discovered by the ...

Ordinary Sausage Cuitlacoche Corn Fungus Sausage—Not for the Faint of Heart! Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 This isn’t your average sausage! Made with cuitlacoche, the ...

A new disease is plaguing cornfields across the Midwest. Phyllachora maydis is the fungus that causes a corn disease called ...

Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae maydis is the most significant yield-limiting disease of corn worldwide [1]. The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased ...

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus, Exserohilum turcicum. Severe outbreaks of the disease can cause up to 30-50% yield loss in dent corn if the disease is ...