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title: "Is this a fungus or mealworms , I think they are called ??? I’m new…"
description: "Is this a fungus or mealworms , I think they are called ??? I’m new to cacti . This doesn’t look good and I’m worried"
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# Is this a fungus or mealworms , I think they are called ??? I’m new…

_Lana님이 2024-12-01에 게시함_

Is this a fungus or mealworms , I think they are called ??? I’m new to cacti . This doesn’t look good and I’m worried

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/8lFgtD8McRRRqHCNsSqdo4IDeADNB_UcCz_v6xtTcgI/5vZlF10ZSZ-t-E2FU4EfyA.webp?size=large)

## 4개의 댓글

### MummaDeb님이 2024-12-01에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Not mealworms. Maybe a fungus but I'm not sure. I get those on my cacti sometimes. No clue what causes it.

### Kades님이 2024-12-01에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You could try treating it with a systemic fungicide. It almost looks like corking to me, especially bc it’s right at the “weakest” spots of the plant. Where there’s new pads attached to the main stem they need to reinforce themselves

Some people also say this is a virus but of the cacti virus I could find, they don’t look like this.

#### MummaDeb님이 2024-12-02에 답변했습니다.

I just googled corking. I have a few cactus with that (I have a ton of cacti) but never knew what it was, so thank you. 👍🏼

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-01에 댓글을 남겼어요.

If its soft or mushy or integraded its not corking. You can try a fungicide. If it's viral, there's nothing to do unfortunately, however most cacti don't perish from it. If it's corking it'd be hard and like peelable.

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