Bruce Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 A small crop of corn smut (Ustilago maydis), courtesy of our neighbor down the road. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i-u92DMgUJ3W5sMZWU7mG7FR5xZbtsFc It tastes a lot better than it looks. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosiermushrooms Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Was this wild in Indiana, or was this cultivated? I would be interested in a sample if it is native. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted August 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 It's native...just some fungus that grew on my neighbor's field corn. As for supplying a sample, we have cooked all the good stuff and fed the rest to the chickens. I think my wife has a cache of two-year=old spores, though. We have tried to cultivate it by growing some corn and spraying the silks with them, but our soil isn't very good for corn and what corn we do get ends up feeding the raccoons. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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