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About Mycosarcoma maydis
Corn smut is a plant disease caused by the pathogenic fungus Mycosarcoma maydis, synonym Ustilago maydis. One of several cereal crop pathogens called smut, the fungus forms galls on all above-ground parts of corn species such as maize and teosinte. The infected corn is edible; in Mexico, it is considered a delicacy, called huitlacoche, often eaten as a filling in quesadillas and other tortilla-based dishes, as well as in soups.
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More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia
Taxonomy ID 5270
Data source Broad Institute
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- EST sequences from Ho et al. and Nugent et al. were aligned to the genome with Exonerate [View data]
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