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Florida 4-H Forest Ecology

Florida 4-H Forest Ecology

Tar Spot: Images

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Leaf damage from tar spot on an unidentified leaf

Leaf damage from tar spot on an unidentified leaf

Photo credit: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Tar spot on maple

Tar spot on maple

Photo credit: Andrej Kunca, National Forest Centre - Slovakia, Bugwood.org

Raised tar spots on a leaf of silver maple

Raised tar spots on a leaf of silver maple

Photo credit: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Tar spot symptoms on leaves of red maple

Tar spot symptoms on leaves of red maple

Photo credit: Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Tar spot symptoms on leaves of maple

Tar spot symptoms on leaves of maple

Photo credit: Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

The fruiting bodies of tar spot on a maple leaf

The fruiting bodies of tar spot on a maple leaf

Photo credit: Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org

Vertical cross-section of apothecium with ascospores emerging

Vertical cross-section of apothecium with ascospores emerging

Photo credit: Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org

Vertical cross-section of apothecium with ascospores emerging

Vertical cross-section of apothecium with ascospores emerging

Photo credit: Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org