Unknown q-john-tuckeri-pink-leaf-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus john-tuckeri
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: lower leaf
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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 large, globular, hairless or nearly-hairless, detachable, pink gall on a leaf of Quercus john-tuckeri. The gall occupies enough of the distal end of the leaf that it is not clear whether it attaches to the midrib, side vein, or lamina. The gall came to a puckered apex with loose pieces of tissue reminiscent of sepals on a fruit. Observed in California in September.
According to Joyce Gross, this is an inquiline-modified gall, likely induced by Cynips douglasii or possibly an undescribed relative.
Cf Russo's pink-cone gall on Quercus cornelius-mulleri.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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