One lucky gardener on Reddit had a surprise growing in their first batch of corn: huitlacoche! This fungus, known as Mexican truffle, turns into a delicious earthy, smoky ball of inky black goodness when cooked. Huitlacoche has been a dietary staple in the American Southwest and South American indigenous peoples for centuries, where it’s embedded into regional dishes. You hardly find huitlacoche in America because American farmers thought it was a plague instead of embracing it for the beautiful fungus it is.