Oddities

Several corn types that exhibit odd features include Pencil Ear and Pod Corn.

Unhusked immature pencil ear on stalk, with small, undented, white kernels and the cob makes a point at the top.
Pencil ear corn before maturity.
Close up of husked pod ear corn on a stalk, showing a fat cob with silks and green husk leaves coming out of the top
Pod corn ear with husks intact.
Close-up of a pod corn ear with enough husks removed to reveal the silks and show the kernels are all encased in white glumes.
Pod corn ear with husks removed; note each kernel is covered with glumes.
Close-up side view of kernels surrounded by tan glumes
Pod corn kernels with elongated glumes.