Exposed canker on branch of grapefruit (cv. Star Ruby) tree with black mass of spores (arthrospores) due to bot gummosis, caused by the pathogen Neoscytalidium spp.

Tree branch peeling bark and black mass of fungal spores beneath. Below is human hand with fingers black from touching the black spore mass. Credit: Themis J. Michailides, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
Credit: Themis J. Michailides, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier