Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Tiny

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Status

Uncommon

About

Rose Black Spot is a fungus that causes the disease of the same name, which affects rose bushes and other plants. It is found throughout the world and has been observed by people of various countries around the same time.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   spore

   A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2. 2.
   mycelium

   A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
3. 3.
   fruiting body

   A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Leotiomycetes

Order

Helotiales

Family

Drepanopezizaceae

Genus

Diplocarpon

Species

Diplocarpon rosae