Comment on Alright you fucking degenerates. It's time to get your edumacation on about corn smut.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 weeks agoAbout 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.
tomiant@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Obligate parasites. Yeah I read the news.
Lol, man, I wanted to know the “street” price of a kilo (2.2 lbs).
What they taste like? Don’t say chicken.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
MM-mm, that’s goot huitlacoche!
The_v@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.
tomiant@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Cool! What is this doing in shitposting again? This should go under “cool!”, if there was such a sub.