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Posts Tagged: fungi
Invasive Spotlight: Shot Hole Borers and the Diseases They Carry
Shot hole borers are tiny insects the size of a sesame seed that don't look particularly harmful,...
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Discolored patches on bark from polyphagous shot hole borer adults boring into a tree trunk. (Credit: Akif Eskalen Lab, UC Riverside)
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Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns
![Newly emerged inky cap mushrooms, Coprinus comatus. [R.M.Davis]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/41367small.jpg "Newly emerged inky cap mushrooms, Coprinus comatus. [R.M.Davis]")
Wet weather is favorable to mushrooms, which are sometimes called toadstools. Mushrooms are the...
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Newly emerged inky cap mushrooms, Coprinus comatus. [R.M.Davis]
Mushrooms of the common lawn fungus haymaker's Panaeolus, Panaeolus foenisecii. [R. M. Davis]
Stinkhorn mushroom, Phallus impudicus. [R.M.Davis]
Downy Mildew on Ice Plants
![Healthy red apple ice plant. [H. Schenk]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/36348small.jpg "Healthy red apple ice plant. [H. Schenk]")
[From the April-May 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] A downy mildew caused by the fungus...
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Greyish sporulation of P. mesembryanthemi on ice plant. [J. Rodriguez]
Downy mildew-infected red apple ice plant. [H. Schenk.]
Severe downy mildew damage to an ice plant. [H. Schenk]
Healthy red apple ice plant. [H. Schenk]
Good Sanitation Practices Keep Backyard Fruit Trees Healthy
![Remove mummies (shown next to ripe fruit) and other diseased plant parts to reduce plant disease spread. [J.K. Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/33073small.jpg "Remove mummies (shown next to ripe fruit) and other diseased plant parts to reduce plant disease spread. [J.K. Clark]")
Fall is the best time to protect your backyard fruit and nut trees from winter and spring pests. By...
