Early spring is a good time to check the lawn for snow mold.
You can spot snow mold by the pink and gray circular patches it leaves throughout the yard. The fungus attacks only the leaf surface, so it doesn't usually kill the grass plant, Rogers says. Nevertheless, the grass will bounce back faster if you give it a little help. Rogers recommends scraping off the fungus with a rake to let the sun penetrate the grass. Recovery time depends on climatic conditions, but the grass usually returns to normal by the second mowing of the season, he says.