Unknown q-alba-vein-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Unknown | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: gray, green, black
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape:
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form: hidden cell
Cells:
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

Hidden cells in the midrib of Quercus alba, causing no swelling but associated with a black-grey discoloration around multiple distinctly circular exit holes in October. Observed in Virginia.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
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License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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