Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Zoysia grass Slime mold
Host plant
  • Manila grass, Mascarene grass, Zoysia grass, Zoysia, Japanese lawngrass
Disease nameSlime mold
Disease name (Japanese)
  • ほこりかび病 [hokorikabi-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Mucilago crustacea F.H. Wiggers
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Persoon
References (2)
  • 吉川 功・朝倉錬太郎:グリーン研報集 9:45, 1965
  • 飯田 格:芝草研究 4(1):71, 1975
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