Unknown q-alba-mottled-bud-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus alba / Quercus bicolor
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, pink, red, yellow, tan
Texture: hairless, leafy, mottled
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
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Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: bud
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 near-spherical, hairless, yellow-red mottled globular bud gall surrounded by numerous short, narrow, hairy bracts on Quercus alba. Similar to Andricus stropus but with shorter bracts and a smoother, less elongated capsule. Differ from Andricus quercusfrondosus in being fresh in the fall rather than the spring, in having a colored capsule rather than a white one, and in lacking broader leafy bracts. Observed in Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, fresh in August-October, sometimes persisting on the tree into the following spring. Similar galls on Quercus bicolor may or may not be the same species.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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