snow mold

noun Plant Pathology.
1.
a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dense, cottony growth that covers the affected parts as the snow melts in the spring, caused by any of several fungi of the genera Calonectria, Fusarium, Pythium, and Typhula.
2.
any fungus causing this disease.
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Snow mold fungus becomes active under snow cover in turf.
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There was a lot of snow mold damage caused by this year's heavy snowfall.
In addition, the sturdy wheat also fought off two other costly diseases--flag smut and snow mold.
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