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![Myrothecium leaf spot can be a minor problem on cantaloupe in Florida. The disease can affect other cucurbits including watermelon, but rarely seen in Florida. Myrothecium leaf spot can be a minor problem on cantaloupe in Florida. The disease can affect other cucurbits including watermelon, but rarely seen in Florida.](images/myrothecium-leaf-spot/22161DD2C3964DF39A98F053EB87FBF3/3-52_thumb.png)
Myrothecium leaf spot can be a minor problem on cantaloupe in Florida. The disease can affect other cucurbits including watermelon, but rarely seen in Florida.
![A cantaloupe leaf showing early stages of symptoms including yellow vein limited discoloration and small to large circular or irregular lesions. Wet conditions favor disease development. A cantaloupe leaf showing early stages of symptoms including yellow vein limited discoloration and small to large circular or irregular lesions. Wet conditions favor disease development.](images/myrothecium-leaf-spot/22161DD2C3964DF39A98F053EB87FBF3/2-59_thumb.png)
A cantaloupe leaf showing early stages of symptoms including yellow vein limited discoloration and small to large circular or irregular lesions. Wet conditions favor disease development.
![The lesions may expand and the center of the lesion breaks out making a shot hole like appearance. Lesions can merge to form large blighted sections on the leaves. The lesions may expand and the center of the lesion breaks out making a shot hole like appearance. Lesions can merge to form large blighted sections on the leaves.](images/myrothecium-leaf-spot/22161DD2C3964DF39A98F053EB87FBF3/1-84_thumb.png)
The lesions may expand and the center of the lesion breaks out making a shot hole like appearance. Lesions can merge to form large blighted sections on the leaves.
![Using a hand lens or under the microscope you could see black, raised fruiting bodies (sporodochia) of the fungus in a circular pattern in the lesions. Using a hand lens or under the microscope you could see black, raised fruiting bodies (sporodochia) of the fungus in a circular pattern in the lesions.](images/myrothecium-leaf-spot/22161DD2C3964DF39A98F053EB87FBF3/4-49_thumb.png)
Using a hand lens or under the microscope you could see black, raised fruiting bodies (sporodochia) of the fungus in a circular pattern in the lesions.
MYROTHECIUM LEAF SPOT
Fungal causal agent: Myrothecium roridum
Cucurbit diseases