Corospora fungus on my mulberry tree

[Elizabeth Tully]

Hi. Was happy when I found out my Russian tortoise, Caspian, loves mulberry leaves because I have a mulberry tree on my property. For years now it gets spots late summer. This year earlier. We've had a lot of rain and apparently this is why. I pick the new leaves without spots and he devours these. Should i be concerned about feeding these?

 

[eric joranson]

same thing is happening to my mulberries....I notice that the spots do not appear on the smaller new growth leaves and have been only using those for past 2 weeks. will be following this post and hoping that someone in the know replies.

 

[Len B]

If this is what you are talking about I feed these and have for years, They only limbs that do this are ones that I didn't cut back during winter. To be honest I never thought about what caused it, just figured it was a normal thing that occurred.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Cercospora sp. I think.
There are many species that attack many plants, but i don't think any of them are harmful to animals, just unsightly and possibly not very tasty.