#corn fungus

[imyrdungeonmaster]

i love corn so much.. The life giver. But yeah my beans got 100x better after adding corn meal, yet another strength

[lamacchinafissa]

Ustilago maydis; It’s “Mexican Truffle” time! Corn Smut at La Macchina Fissa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_smut

I’m not sure if we’ll be eating this fungal growth, but it is adored by many Mexicans and super-star chefs in other countries. 

[orangealien]

Guys, GUISE, not all smut is good smut.

Take, for example, corn smut.

da fuq?

It's this fungus thing that grows on corn. It's really kinda freaky. Especially when you don't know what it is, and you don't know it exists, then you're picking corn, going to shuck it, and BAM CORN SMUT.

(no, really. I was picking corn in the garden and then suddenly this weird black/white/whatthehelleven thing. I almost screamed because I thought it was a spider nest or something)

But apparently it is kinda good smut, because it's a delicacy? Idk, man. People eat weird stuff.