Oh yuck what's this?? (fungus on brassica flowers)

[TallGirl]

Does anyone know what this is? I can't even figure out how to start googling it.

Just how bad is it, and what can I do about it?

Thanks!

[Aberdeenplotter]

any pics please? If it has been wet and warm down your way(I'd happily have some of the warmth for a day or two) then with the Cauli's habit of wrapping it's leaves around the curd, fungal infections can develop fairly quickly. A nibble by a slug can cause a wound and that can be enough to set it off.

[rustylady]

Why are you keeping brassica flowers?

[lottie dolly]

I would say it's nature taking it's course,

[TallGirl]

Because they were absolutely coated with bees when there wasn't much else around.

And also because I hadn't got round to taking out the PSB when it went over and flowered.

[TallGirl]

That's odd, from here I can see the pic in the post. Wet yes, warm no...

Just some of the flower heads seem all swollen and deformed, with patches of white mould all over them.

[rustylady]

I presume by now you have pulled your PSB and added them to the compost heap, flowers and all.