Unknown q-coccinea-mottled-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus coccinea
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, purple
Texture: mottled
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Spring
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Location: bud
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Cynipid Galls of the Chicago Area
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Undetermined species [unlike other undescribed species in this source, Weld does not list this species in his 1959 book]
Found under large trees of Q. coccinea in May and probably bud galls. Globular, slightly compressed, with a scar and short stalk at base, a linear indentation at the apex, no nipple, 3 by 4 mm., brownish or purplish, mottled.
”- LH Weld: (1928) Cynipid Galls of the Chicago Area©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57505981#page/190/mode/1up
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