Common Names for Turfgrass Diseases
March 23, 2019
Turfgrass Nerd Alert: There has been an update to the identity of the fungus that causes dollar spot. Many of us are familiar with the scientific name Sclerotinia homeocarpa as the causal agent of dollar spot. But you can forget that name in the future following publication of a detailed genetic analysis of the fungi associated with dollar spot symptoms. Salgado-Salazar et. al. found that the dollar spot pathogen belongs to a new genus, Clarireedia. Even the family has changed…