1 Iritis is uncommon, but can be due to trauma, infections, or autoimmune conditions. Symptoms include pain, red eye, and often, decreased vision.  Optic neuritis. The nerve travelling from the back of the eyeball into the brain can become inflamed.
Oak root fungus, or white rot, is a widespread disease that becomes visible just beneath the bark and on roots. What looks like layers of light brown to tan mushrooms form in clusters at the base of the trees.
That pink stuff in lawns is Limonomyces roseipelli, a fungus that produces cotton candy like spores and pink gooey fungal growth. The affected grass blades may turn tan to pink in a circular pattern. The area may be 2 to 4 inches in diameter. Pink patch on grass is a slow growing fungus that doesnât cause much harm. The problem could also be pink snow mold in grass, but this only appears after snow melts.