Beginner Gardening: azalea bushes have moss/fungus/disease-(pic links included), 1 by cwtrex

cwtrex wrote:
I bought a house that came with these azaleas (or at least that is what I was told they were). I have no idea what exact kind they are and I have never gardened in my life so I have no idea what I'm doing to take care of them other then let them grow. 3 years have gone by and they seemed fine, but the person I pay to have my lawn mowed this past year did not take care of the grass growing near and around the azalea bushes. I started noticing Spanish moss getting caught in the grass and weeds around the bushes, so I manually weeded out from underneath all of the bushes in hopes of stopping the Spanish moss from expanding. While it has slowed the Spanish moss, I still come upon clumps of it and I suppose I need to be picking these out of the bushes.

There are other issues and I have no idea if this is normal (which I doubt), fungus, or some type of disease. Below I posted picture links with descriptions of each, but beware that if you have dial-up, they will take a minute to load. Otherwise they should be fast and help display the problem I am having to you.

This shows spots on the branches of my azalea's. Fungus or disease? And is it tied to the Spanish moss at all?
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/cwtrex/Plants/Azealasp...

Below are 3 links that show either a different type from the spots, or what happens to the spots after awhile. I'm not sure and once again I have no idea if this is fungus and if it is tied to the Spanish moss at all.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/cwtrex/Plants/Azealafu...
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/cwtrex/Plants/Azealafu...
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/cwtrex/Plants/Azealafu...

Below is a clear shot of some Spanish moss. Perhaps you can see that it has attached itself to the plant and perhaps even grew from it. No idea on the matter.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/cwtrex/Plants/spanishm...

Here is a shot of some of the blooming azalea's which may give you an idea on the health of the plants as well as what type of azalea's they are.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/cwtrex/Plants/azealafl...

If I seem overly informative or otherwise uninformative as to the issue I'm having, then once again it is because I have no idea what I'm doing and could use all the info I can get. All information that I can get on this matter would be of great assistance. Thank you for any help.