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Excerpt from Corn Smut Caused by Ustilago Maydis
Corn smut was not recognized as caused by a fungus until about the early part of the nineteenth century even though Beckmann (17) called it a puff ball and named it Lycoperdon 2606 in 1768. In 1836, Unger (339) recognized it as a fungus and named it U. Zeae; but just 3 years previously, in 1833, he stated that a young smut gall contained nothing but large cells filled with raw sap. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
