How often do you water and for how long? How high/low do you mow? The weeds can be handled by something like Spectracide with Atrazine. But I would wait until the grass returns. I have gotten excellent results for fungal disease using ordinary corn meal. It is an organic approach that the experts at Texas A&M swear up and down does not work, but it has worked for me every year since 2002. It is a complete cure in 3 weeks. I am suggesting you try that because corn meal doubles as an organic fertilizer. Your spots don't look that much like a disease, but it could be. If you did not have the really healthy stand of grass right by the sidewalk, it would look more like disease. I would hit it with corn meal at 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet now and again in 3 weeks. If you don't see new grass coming up in 4 weeks, then get a commercial fungicide that works in your heat/precipitation zone - read the label closely to see how to apply and when. Corn meal has no restrictions on how or when. Then once you get the grass growing, zap the dollar weed (I assume dichondra or some other easy weed) and let it grow. And if you have not already raised your mower to the highest setting, do that yesterday.

Not sure, but I'm going to guess that it is an outcropping of what is commonly called the Jack O'Lantern mushroom. They are quite variable in their development, but that color sure doesn't change. This is the time of year for their appearance. Here is a link that might be useful: Take a look

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Haven't started peas before, so thanks for the tip! Will try that next year :) Just wondering if anybody here knew what this issue was though since it also affected almost all of the pepper seeds I started as well. The newer seeds were somehow able to power through it, but the older seeds were all overwhelmed by the affliction.