Record Details 23/06/1875 Scoulton Mere; TF9801; foray; Charles B. Plowright; "On wheat and barley; apparently most abundant on the former"; [as Ustilago carbo]; Lit. cited: 408; Additional NotesPlowright records that he 'was struck, both on the journey from Norwich to Scoulton, and also from Swaffham to Norwich by rail, with the large number of ears of corn affected with Ustilago carbo. In marshland, (i.e. Terrington St. Clement’s) I had previously noticed the same condition of things, but in the vicinity of Lynn, especially upon the light lands, few, if any, diseased ears were observable. Mr. James Bedingfield had also observed the number of ‘smuts’ in the vicinity of Norwich. Viewing the matter in a practical light, one is naturally led to ask what is the cause, and here we find an instance of the fact that moisture alone is not the essential for the production of fungal life; hitherto the season has been decidedly ‘dry’, indeed agriculturists - a somewhat unusual circumstance with them - have been almost grumbling with the season on account of the lack of rain, and yet we find the Ustilago more than commonly plentiful.'
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