Unknown q-agrifolia-new-growth-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: pubescent, hairy, succulent
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling, stem club
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope

Quercus agrifolia
Stem galls, woody stem swellings or cells under bark
Terminal or lateral, globular, green, dia 10 mm, in May. Fig 64. Mono.

Fig 64. Terminal or lateral; green , succulent, pubescent in early May (Montecito). Q. agrifolia. A Synergus emerged in April.

- LH Weld: (1957) Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope©

Reference: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924018313555&view=1up&seq=81


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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-agrifolia-new-growth-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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