An avocado fruit cut in half showing dark decay with a well-defined margin. Fruit and stem-end rot, caused by various fungi in the Botryosphaeriaceae family and Colletotrichum spp.

Stem end rot, causes include Botryosphaeria dothidea =Dothiorella gregaria, Alternaria spp. Dark decay with well-defined margin exposed in fruit cut open. Ventura Co.  Credit: David Rosen
An avocado fruit cut in half showing dark decay with a well-defined margin. Fruit and stem-end rot, caused by various fungi in the Botryosphaeriaceae family and Colletotrichum spp. Credit: David Rosen