My azaleas leaves have tons of silvery specks all over them

My azalea has tons of small, silvery white spots all over the leaves. I don’t see any insects on the leaves. Is this some kind of fungus or disease?

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#1 Comment By Heather On 06/19/2012 @ 2:21 pm

It may be ozone damage. Ozone can be pulled down during a storm and react with the environment down here leaving silver spots. Here is more information:
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0940/ANR-0940.pdf ^[1]

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