This one is filled with the expected Mexican cheese, plus slices of portobello mushroom and huitlacoche, the trendy corn fungus.

If you are offended by the idea of corn fungus, think about truffles as dirt fungus, then reconsider.

And huitlacoche, the much admired corn fungus of Mexican cooking, for its earthiness.

Nonetheless it was a better bet than a special of huitlacoche, a corn fungus, layered with cheese and tortillas ($8.95) in a dreary Mexican lasagna.

At lunch, the appetizers include a wonderful sausage made of chicken and huitlacoche, the trendy black corn fungus.

In keeping with the Southwest theme, then came transcendent duck confit and huitlacoche (corn fungus) quesadillas.

At La Palapa, the menu will include enchiladas de huitlacoche, tortillas stuffed with corn fungus.

A case in point, they say, is aflatoxin, a carcinogen produced not by a factory but by a corn fungus.

The tamales, with such stuffings as huitlacoche (corn fungus), mushroom or spicy cheese and chili, are sold in packages of two for about $5.

Try the mole de Huitlacoche, a sauce made with corn fungus, served over chicken (about 77 pesos).