Mummy Berry

Flowers wilt and turn brown as if frosted by the primary inoculum, and developing berries show white fungal growth inside the fruit tissue. Mummified fruit eventually shrivels and drops before harvest, significantly reducing yield. Bury or remove all fallen fruit thoroughly, cultivate soil in early spring to disrupt apothecia development, and apply sawdust mulch.

Control tactics applied to the soil may need to be repeated often since apothecia develop and mature over a period of several weeks. In fall, before leaf drop, shallowly cultivate to bury mummies.