Snow mold

Snow mold, plant disease that attacks cereals, forage grasses, and turf grasses in northern areas of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is caused by soilborne fungi and is associated with melting snow or prolonged cold drizzly weather. Snow mold is most damaging on golf courses and other turf areas. Pink snow mold, sometimes called fusarium patch, is caused by Microdocium nivale (formerly Fusarium nivale). The disease appears as irregularly circular tan to reddish brown...