Currently, there are more (new) brown spots in the grass and the ... Multnomah County Courtesy of OSU Extension Service A: This sounds like red thread lawn disease caused by the fungus Laetisaria ...

With the cold weather we are having now, it may take some time for your lawn to start growing and green up. It will grow out of the red thread (i.e., the new leaves will not be infected).

"Pay attention to not causing any undue stress on the lawn by mowing short. And keep an eye out these diseases will stop, start popping up the day or two after rain," he said. He adds grass length ...

Being a brand new homeowner (and now having to ... The good news is that red thread doesn’t usually kill a lawn and the condition will disappear when temperatures warm up at night.