C. purpureum causes a disease called silver leaf in plants. It usually infects plants and trees belonging to the rose family, including those responsible for making cherries and plums.

In a first-of-its-kind medical case, a man in India contracted a fungal disease that typically affects trees and had never been reported in a human before. The 61-year-old man had difficulty ...

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The fungus causes the disease silver leaf in plants, which causes the leaves of an infected tree branch to turn a silvery color, before killing the branch.

An expert has urged gardeners to prune their cherry, apricot, peach and plum trees this month to help protect them from potentially devastating silver leaf disease. July is a crucial time for taking ...

Anyone who has a cherry tree in their garden - or apricots, peaches or plums - is being warned they must take action this ...

Silver leaf fungus on a dead tree stump in the UK. Image: Alex Manders (Shutterstock) Here’s a story that may make you think of The Last of Us.

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees. Several different fungi can cause the symptoms we describe as anthracnose.