Comment on Alright you fucking degenerates. It's time to get your edumacation on about corn smut.

tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  About 2.2 pounds,

  and yes but it is an obligate parasite. So far we have been able to culture the monokaryotic early yeast like sporidia, but have been unsuccessful at growing any of the hypha producing dikaryotic version in the lab.

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  • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Obligate parasites. Yeah I read the news.

    Lol, man, I wanted to know the “street” price of a kilo (2.2 lbs).

    So far we have been able to culture the monokaryotic early yeast like sporidia, but have been unsuccessful at growing any of the hypha producing dikaryotic version in the lab.

    What they taste like? Don’t say chicken.

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    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Lol, I know what you were after but this is shitposting and I couldn’t help butt fuck with you a little. And sadly no, my undergrad is in biology but I am more environmentally focused. I’m just your typical autistic idiot who hyper focuses on over thing for a few weeks. A few years ago that things was cultivating edible mushrooms. And to answer your question about price, they are very difficult to get ahold of fresh or dried so your only option is in brine in a can or jar. I just picked up this jar from the Bodega diem the block from me for $10.

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      • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        MM-mm, that’s goot huitlacoche!

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    • The_v@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It tastes like a corny mushroom. Do not try them from a jar. Those taste more like a slimy snot rag.

      It’s an obligate parasite that enters the corn plant via tiny wounds when it’s the plant is small. The most common source of wounding is insect damage or wind. Sandy soil + wind creates the highest incidence. Once you find some hotspots it’s easy to find.

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      • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Cool! What is this doing in shitposting again? This should go under “cool!”, if there was such a sub.

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