snow mold
Lawn's winter disease
Snow mold is a fungal disease that attacks grass under prolonged snow cover, leaving circular patches of dead, matted turf when the snow melts.
Gardeners and groundskeepers watch for it in early spring: The lawn was covered in snow mold after the long winter.
- mushroomFleshy fungal body
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- lawnTended yard grass
- turfGrass-covered earth surface
- lawn careMaintaining residential grass
thatch · mycelium · chlorosis · damping-off · crown rot · fungicide · fungal spores · powdery mildew · smut · frost heave · aeration · blight · snowpack · overwintering · black spot · downy mildew · winter kill · moisture retention
causal conditions
snow molddrought damage
Harm from prolonged dryness
heat stress · desiccation · dry rot · sunburn
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