Branch dieback and leaves turning from green to brown

Close-up of branch dieback and leaves turning from green to brown

Small, salmon-colored, waxy spore-producing bodies ("sporodochia") on lower leaf surface

Small, salmon-colored, waxy spore-producing bodies ("sporodochia") on lower leaf surface

Small, salmon-colored, waxy spore-producing bodies ("sporodochia") on lower leaf surface. Tiny reddish dashes are sterile structures of the fungus called "setae".

Small, salmon-colored, waxy spore-producing bodies ("sporodochia") on branch

Small, salmon-colored, waxy spore-producing bodies ("sporodochia") on branch

Small, salmon-colored, waxy spore-producing bodies ("sporodochia") on branch

Clusters of conidiophores and setae with many spores of the anamorph fungus Volutella buxi; asexual stage of Pseudonectria rousseliana.

A single group of conidiophores and setae (3) with many spores of the anamorph fungus Volutella buxi, the asexual stage of the fungus Pseudonectria rousseliana.

Many spores of the anamorph fungus Volutella buxi, the asexual stage of the fungus Pseudonectria rousseliana.

Close-up of spores of the anamorph fungus Volutella buxi, the asexual stage of the fungus Pseudonectria rousseliana.