Symptoms and signs (pycnidia) caused by Phyllosticta spp. on leaves: A) tan spots with darker brown border, caused by Phyllosticta sp. on pawpaw (Asimina triloba) leaves; (B) leaf lesions with pycnidia of P. cotoneaster on Cotoneaster sp. Similar symptoms and signs are caused by P. solitaria on its hosts. Apple blotch symptoms caused by Phyllosticta arbutifolia, a taxon closely related to P. solitaria, on Malus domestica fruits: (C) blotchy lesions with pycnidia (red arrows), (D) reddish to brown blotches. (Sources: Source: Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org (A, B, D); Cheryl Kaiser, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org (D)).
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