Mycosarcoma maydis

TaxID: 5270

Basic Information

Mycosarcoma maydis

Corn Smut, corn smut

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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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Ustilaginomycetes

Ustilaginales

unclassified

Mycosarcoma

maydis

Undefined

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Oman Absent —
French Polynesia Quarantine pests —
Qatar Absent —
Sudan Quarantine pests —
Sao Tome and Principe Quarantine pests —

Distribution (61 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belarus Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000328475.2 Chromosome 19 129 884 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR32138004 - - - 11410973 missing
SRR32138003 - - - 12351654 missing
SRR32138002 - - - 11252541 missing

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature