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    Common smut of corn forms white, fleshy galls on the tassel that contain spores but ears still have some normal kernels mixed with galls. Head smut completely replaces the entire ear with a mass of dark spores without any normal kernels. The key differences between the two corn diseases are how the spores are contained and the severity of symptoms on the ear.

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    Common smut of corn forms white, fleshy galls on the tassel that contain spores but ears still have some normal kernels mixed with galls. Head smut completely replaces the entire ear with a mass of dark spores without any normal kernels. The key differences between the two corn diseases are how the spores are contained and the severity of symptoms on the ear.

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    Tassel Symptoms: Corn Diseases: Common & Head Smuts

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    Lucian Ciprian MELUT
    Common smut of corn forms white, fleshy galls on the tassel that contain spores but ears still have some normal kernels mixed with galls. Head smut completely replaces the entire ear with a mass of dark spores without any normal kernels. The key differences between the two corn diseases are how the spores are contained and the severity of symptoms on the ear.

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    Corn Diseases: Common & Head Smuts

    Tassel Symptoms

    Common Smut
    (Ustilago maydis)

    Head Smut
    (Sphacelotheca reiliana)

    Spores contained within a white fleshy covering

    Spores NOT contained within a white fleshy covering

    Ear Symptoms

    Galls observed but some normal-appearing kernels still found on the ear

    NO normal appearing kernels found on the ear, only a mass of dark spores

    Teliospores

    A DuPont Company

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