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 ...

They call her huitlacoche, an Aztec term for what American farmers call "corn smut." Heavy rains and ... “As a kid, I didn’t like that idea of eating fungus," he said. Despite his aversion ...

It is caused by a fungus that can infect various ... You may or may not get corn smut next year. The immature, tender smut gall is edible and is sometimes called “maize mushroom.” ...

The same defenses that help some varieties of sweet corn resist fungal diseases can also stymie the potency of a beneficial ...

But it's not just southern rust threatening Wisconsin’s cornfields; another fungus, tar spot, originally a tropical disease, has been affecting the state’s corn crops since 2016. Both southern ...