Euphorbia obesa with fungus

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Brunãozinho
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Euphorbia obesa with fungus

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Hi there, some days ago I thought my E.obesa had a sunburn, so I didn't worry so much, but then yesterday I have noticed that it is actually a fungus infection, on 2 plants that were close to each other.

The skin of the plants easily fall off, and it smells of dead fish. A week ago I lost a Thelocactus in a similar way, roots seemed to be ok, but skin and spines would fall off with the slightest touch, and the plant also smelled of fish.

I have never had this problem before, I have moved out and took my plants with me to a new house and it's the raining season here now, all plants except these are growing good after the rains.
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Re: Euphorbia obesa with fungus

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I have posted this on another forum and someone replied that if a plant is smelling of fish, bacteria should be the problem. So perhaps this might be no fungus at all.

I have cut the surface of the plant from the first pic, it's brown inside, the plant is dead but not so soft as when a cactus rots... Bad thing is that some other plants seem to have similar problems.
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Re: Euphorbia obesa with fungus

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Is it perhaps too humid where you live or do the plants get too much water??
Life's a Cactus in the Great State of Texas!!!
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