Snow mold

The predominant snow mold pathogen that attacks actively growing turfgrasses is Microdochium nivale. This aggressive pathogen has also been called pink snow mold. The common name for this disease is now microdochium patch (turf disease common names). In addition to microdochium patch or pink snow mold, gray snow mold attacks turfgrasses primarily under snow cover. Gray snow mold is caused by Typhyula spp.. The bulk of the information presented here focuses on microdochium patch, the more aggressive of the two…