Unknown q-oblongifolia-necked-puzzle-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus oblongifolia
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, tan
Texture: hairless
Abundance: occasional
Shape: globular, sphere
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Alignment:
Walls: radiating-fibers
Location: stem
Form: oak apple
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Unknown #41 [Russo speculates that this may prove to be the same as the species he lists as Unknown #39, Atrusca aggregata, affected by inquilines causing it to appear polythalamous]
Necked-puzzle-gall wasp
Hosts: Quercus oblongifolia
The surface of this species' galls appears to be broken into distinct plates.
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
Further Information:
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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-oblongifolia-necked-puzzle-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
