Unknown p-occidentalis-witches-broom

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Unknown | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: gray
Texture: leafy
Abundance:
Shape: cluster
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: petiole, leaf midrib, on leaf veins, between leaf veins, stem
Form: witches broom
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Gallformers ID Notes

Leafy witches' broom on Platanus occidentalis causing leaves to shrink and deform (lacking the typical lobed appearance) densely around tips of new growth.

Observed in Virginia in June.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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