snowmold

snowmold
snowmold [snō′mōld΄]
n.
a fungus disease of grasses and grains, appearing in lawns as gray patches near the edge of melting snow

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snow mold n.
1. A disease of grasses appearing as grayish-white or pinkish patches after heavy snow has melted and caused by fungi that thrive at low temperatures.
2. A fungus that causes this disease.

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Universalium. 2010.

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