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Prickly Pear Leaf Spot
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Prickly Pear Leaf Spot

Phyllosticta concava

Phyllosticta concava, also known as opuntia dry rot or prickly pear brown spot, is a species of fungus that infects opuntia cactus, leaving discolored circular depressions in the pads. The species was first formally described by the mycologist Fred Jay Seaver in 1922.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 769091.