Cystotheca lanestris
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Erysiphaceae | Genus: Cystotheca
Detachable: integral
Color: white
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Season: Spring, Summer
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Location: bud, stem
Form: witches broom
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Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Sphaerotheca lanestris
Hosts: Quercus agrifolia, wislizeni, chrysolepis, lobata; Notholithocarpus densiflorus
A powdery mildew that initiates white witches' brooms on new shoots, which are commonly produced only in spring and early summer.
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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