Unknown q-stellata-spotted-bud-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus stellata
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, white, purple, tan
Texture: bumpy, hairless
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Shape: globular
Season: Fall
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Location: bud, stem
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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 hairless, globular, light-purple bud gall on an older twig of Quercus stellata, with a small black papilla at the apex. When observed in October in Virginia and North Carolina, the gall was densely spotted with tan-white dots raised above the surface of the gall, causing an irregularly bumpy texture.
The shape and phenology of this gall are broadly consistent with Weld's undescribed gall listed here.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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