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 ...

You’re not alone. Anecdotal evidence is popping up across the Internet, and according to a recent Farm Journal Pulse poll, farmers said corn diseases were a bigger factor in limiting yield than ...

An agronomist with AgriGold says many farmers have tar spot on their mind. Brian Weihmeir, who covers central Illinois, says ...

The anthracnose fungus overwinters in infected plant debris. It is a poor soil competitor and its population drops dramatically as infested residues disintegrate. Therefore, anthracnose is more severe ...

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

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 ...

Planning ahead to make sure treatment products are available. Bauer offers further material on corn diseases, including everything from tar spot to leaf blight on her site, B&M Crop Consulting.

Some of the pesky problems in these parts are relatively new to the headache list, including Tar Spot, Southern Rust and Corn Stunt. Those diseases attack corn plants by limiting photosynthesis ...

The increasing prevalence of grey leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae-maydis, and northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), caused by the fungus Exserohilum turcicum, in South Africa’s ...