Posted by David Hare-Scott on June 12, 2010, 2:36 am
Donald R Smith wrote:
> I'm sorry, but the bits I cut off, have gone with the rubbish.
> This growth is more like a fur and I cannot conceive that it is
> spore-like. The fact is that it consumes the frond completely if let
> go.
>
> Don
>> I have found a brownish fungi on the underside of the leaves of my
>> Elkhorn. Last year I noted the same fungi when it killed off each
>> infected leaf commencing at the tips and working back into the plant.
>> The top of the leaf gets a series of brownish dots which show the
>> complete coverage of fungi on the underside. The fungi first
>> appears as a shaded area and develops into a raised growth four to
>> five mms in height.
>> I have been cutting away the infected areas which seems to pull it up
>> short.
>> However, is there a spray I could use and does this fungi have a
>> name?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Don
What colour fur?
David
Posted by Loosecanon on June 12, 2010, 3:16 am
> I'm sorry, but the bits I cut off, have gone with the rubbish.
> This growth is more like a fur and I cannot conceive that it is
> spore-like. The fact is that it consumes the frond completely if let go.
> Don
>>I have found a brownish fungi on the underside of the leaves of my
>>Elkhorn. Last year I noted the same fungi when it killed off each infected
>>leaf commencing at the tips and working back into the plant.
>> The top of the leaf gets a series of brownish dots which show the
>> complete coverage of fungi on the underside. The fungi first appears as
>> a shaded area and develops into a raised growth four to five mms in
>> height.
>> I have been cutting away the infected areas which seems to pull it up
>> short.
>> However, is there a spray I could use and does this fungi have a name?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Don
>>
It is the spore cases and will look like light brown felt. If you brush past
them you will get covered in a brown dust which is the spores. When they
have done their time the end of the leaves will wither and later the leaf
will die but in natures own way more leaves will appear.
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> This growth is more like a fur and I cannot conceive that it is
> spore-like. The fact is that it consumes the frond completely if let
> go.
>
> Don
>> I have found a brownish fungi on the underside of the leaves of my
>> Elkhorn. Last year I noted the same fungi when it killed off each
>> infected leaf commencing at the tips and working back into the plant.
>> The top of the leaf gets a series of brownish dots which show the
>> complete coverage of fungi on the underside. The fungi first
>> appears as a shaded area and develops into a raised growth four to
>> five mms in height.
>> I have been cutting away the infected areas which seems to pull it up
>> short.
>> However, is there a spray I could use and does this fungi have a
>> name?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Don