... 2000PUBLICATION 450-604WPlant Disease Fact SheetsVirginiaCooperativeExtension Anthracnose- A Fungal Disease of Shade Trees R. J. Stipes and M. A. Hansen*VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEAND STATE ... a name for a group of diseases causedby several closely related fungi that attack many of ourfinest shade trees. It occurs most commonly and severelyon sycamore, white oak, elm, dogwood, and ... moisture and temperatureconditions for infection.Symptoms Anthracnose fungi may cause defoliation of most maple,oak, elm, walnut, birch, sycamore, and hickory speciesand, occasionally, of ash and...