Unknown q-berberidifolia-flying-saucer-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus berberidifolia
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, pink, yellow
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: hemispherical
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins, leaf edge
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Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Flying Saucer Gall
Synonymy: Name
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q-berberidifolia-ringpop-gall
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 small, orange, short-hairy gall at the edge of the lower side of leaves of Quercus berberidifolia. Distinctly shaped, with a hemispherical distal end mounted on a disc with a slightly larger diameter, on a smaller pedestal below. Observed in California in September and October.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-berberidifolia-flying-saucer-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
