Maize charcoal, Ustilago maydis; Ustilago maydis is called "Aztec truffle" in the USA, where this parasitic maize fungus has taken over the great tables of the tex-mex kitchen (huitlacoche).

View author's portfolio

Rights Managed

JPEG bitmap image

Image size: 3744x5616 pixels (12.5"x18.7" @300dpi)

Shooting date : 2015-08-19

Keywords

Flora / Spermatophyte / Flowering plant / Monocotyledon / Poales order / Gramineae / Poaceae family / Corn (Zea mays)

Natural resources use / Agronomy / Damage on plant / Plant pathology

Natural resources use / Agronomy / Damage on plant

Unusual

Natural resources use / Alimentation / Gastronomy

August

Natural resources use / Agronomy / Damage on plant / Plant pathology / Anthrax (pathology) / Boil smut in Ustilago

Flora / Mushroom / Parasitic Mushroom / Ustilaginaceae family / Corn smut (Ustilago maydis)

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (botany) / Gall (antiparasitic exgrowth)

Natural resources use / Agricultural product / Oleaginous plants

Species / Species particularity / Edible species

Species / Relation between species / Plant disease

Flora / Mushroom

Area / Agricultural area / Field

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (botany) / Leaf / Foliage

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (botany) / Inflorescence / Inflorescence type / Ear (Inflorescence)

Species / Relation between species / Parasitism / Parasite

Atmosphere / Seasons / Temperate season / Summer

Individual / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Fungi / Eumycota / Dicaryomycota / Basidiomycota / Ustilaginomycotina / Ustilaginomycetes / Ustilaginales / Ustilaginaceae / Ustilago

Eukaryota / Archaeplastida / Chlorobionta / Embryophyta / Tracheophyta / Spermatophyta / Phanerogamae / Angiospermae / Monocotyledoneae / Poales / Gramineae / Poaceae / Zea

Phone number:

Call:

Name:

Company name:

Your request has been registered.

To use this feature you must first register or login.

To organize photos in lightboxes you must first register or login. Registration is FREE! Lightboxes allow you to categorize your photos, to keep them when you sign in and send them by email.

A Biosphoto authorization has to be granted prior using this feature. We'll get in touch shortly, please check that your contact info is up to date. Feel free to contact us in case of no answer during office hours (Paris time).

Delete permanently this lightbox?

Delete permanently all items?

Title :

Comment :

The lightbox has been duplicated

The lightbox has been copied in your personal account

Your request has been registered. You will receive an e-mail shortly in order to download your images.

You can insert a comment that will appear within your downloads reports.

Recipient (several e-mail addresses are allowed,
separated with semicolons ';')

Your attached message:

Your name (to sign your message):

Your e-mail address (for reply):

Your lightbox has been sent.

In case of modification, changes will be seen by your recipient.

If deleted, your lightbox won't be avalaible for your recipient anymore.