grease spot
nounDefinition of grease spot
: a disease of turf grasses caused by a fungus (Pythium aphanidermatum) and characterized by spots usually under two inches in diameter but often coalesced into patches or streaks having a distinctive greasy border of blackened leaves and intermingled cottony mycelium
— called also
spot blight
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