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Questions tagged [fungus]

For questions about growing fungi or curing fungal diseases.

Fungi (singular: fungus) constitute a complete biological kingdom (ie. the same level of classification as "animals" and "plants"). Fungi are divided into Eumycota (true fungi), myxomycetes (slime molds), and oomycetes ( molds).

Mycology (the study of fungi) is often considered a branch of botany, although in reality fungi are more closely related to animals than plants.

Fungi are rarely visible as they feed on and dead matter. They often only become visible when they produce a fruiting body such as a mushroom or mold.

Many kinds of mushroom are , and a gardener can grow mushrooms for eating. Questions about growing mushrooms should use the tag.

Fungi can also pose problems for gardeners in the form of various plant and molds, and will often look like a viral or bacterial infection. Use this tag for all questions about dealing with infections.

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What are these things in my house plant?

I recently found these little things growing in the soil of our mother-in-law-tongue house plant and have no idea what they are. I couldn't find anything on the internet about what they are and am concerned some creature is going to pop out of…
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What is the white fungus growing on my Hibiscus and how do I treat it?

I want to ask the question regarding the white fungus I am seeing on my plant. I don't know what to do about it, it grows with the plant. I have used Neem oil to cure it but it doesn't help, rather it withered my plant. I would like to know what I…
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Why is this years-old vine dying and showing strange beige spots?

My housemate has a hanging plant, we think it's a form of vine, in her room. It's her favourite plant and at least 10 years old. Lately, it's started thinning out massively, leaving dried leaves on the floor. The leaves have beige spots: The…
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Why don't hydroponic systems suffer from constant root rot?

We are cautioned against keeping soil (and, as a result, the plant roots) constantly wet in order to avoid rot and fungus from harming the plant. I can understand why ebb and flow systems would have some resistance, but why don't raft tanks and NFT…
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What to do about fungus in lawn?

Possible Duplicate: Should I be concerned about mushrooms in my lawn? Every time I mow my lawn, I find a few of these bulbs of fungus. Sometimes they are brown like in the picture I took and sometimes they are more white and smooth looking. I…
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Is powdery mildew spreading through my garden?

I noticed this white fungus a few weeks ago on some flowers in my garden which I ignored. But now it's appearing on my zucchini leaves. I was under the impression the fungi are plant specific, but could this be spreading from the flower leaves to my…
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What is this (fungus?) on my fruit trees, and should I treat it?

I have several fruit trees (Apple, Cherry, and Peach) that all have an identical growth on the bark. It looks like a fungus to me, but I'm uncertain of the exact identification and what to use to treat it. Could someone identify this and offer a…
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How to prevent fungus on soil in self watering pots?

Below is a picture of one of my lemon trees, where the soil is covered with some sort of fungus. When I remove it, it comes back in 2-3 days. I am suspecting the problem is, that lemon trees can't be in self watering pots, where they can drink all…
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Black spots, curling leaves on potatoes, help identify problem

First, some relevant information: I am growing Yukon Gold potatoes. I am in hardiness zone 6b. The weather over the last month has been dryer than normal for the area I am in (Northeastern US). I have four potato plants, all near each other. In…
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What is this yellow mold or fungus in my container?

I found this yellow looking patch underneath the branches of my rosemary plant. I did not see it near either of the other 2 plants in the container. I dug the yellow stuff up, it seemed surface level, but the soil underneath where it was seemed very…
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How do I get rid of worm-like trails all over my Senetti plants' leaves?

I have had a Senetti (more info) for about 18 months, and last year it was attacked by aphids. Initially the leaves had a worm like discolouration, as if something was attacking or eating them. Are the two things linked? Some soapy water and some…
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Identification of fungus like fuzz on apple tree

This is an apple tree in western Germany that recently began to show some white fuzz on a couple of snags on the tree. Can you identify this by the shown picture? Does it any harm, shall I take any measures?
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Is this disease or sun damage on my Japanese maple?

There are dark-rimmed grey/white patches on my recently gifted Omurayama Japanese maple. Is this due to disease, or simply sun damage? There is the uncommon hole on leaves rimmed with the same grey-white color, as well.
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What is this fungus (slime mold) with dark brown, rodlike vertical clusters and a slimy webbed base?

I live in the Florida panhandle, and I have two 20" flowerpots with two tomato plants in the first pot and a bell pepper and three zucchini plants in the other. They are on a south-facing balcony but only get partial sun because of the porch…
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Mysterious anthurium disease…

My friend has just acquired this beautiful Anthurium wendlingeri for me! Sadly it had some scales and mealy bugs, which I’ve already washed off… but there is also this very strange damage: What kind of disease could this be? Fungus, bacterial…
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