Cercospora rosicola

Cercospora rosicola is a fungal plant pathogen mostly found on plants in the United States, specifically within the state of Texas. The fungi mostly affects roses, and in severe infections can cause defoliation.^[1]

Cercospora rosicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Cercospora
Species:	C. rosicola
Binomial name
Cercospora rosicola Pass., (1877)
Synonyms
Passalora rosicola (Pass.) U. Braun, (1995)

Symptoms

Infected plants may show small purple-brown lesions sporadically around the surface of the leaves.