Unknown q-rubra-hairy-cluster
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus rubra
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, pink, red, yellow, green, purple
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: cluster
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect, supine, leaning
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A cluster of small kernels emerging from a major side vein of Quercus rubra toward the lower side of the leaf. Loosely covered in long hairs, of varying colors from green-yellow to dark purple, widening from the base to a flat end with a significant dimple at the apex. Observed in Illinois in October.
This gall bears some resemblance to the gall known as Neuroterus laurifoliae, sharing the same distinctive conical, dimpled structure to their clustered cells. The gall differs in its host plant (N laurifoliae is known from Quercus imbricaria, laurifolia, and possibly hemisphaerica) and its relatively sparse wool.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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