Unknown q-macrocarpa-acorn-cup-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: fruit
Form: hidden cell
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Gallformers ID Notes

A hidden cell gall in the inside of the cup of the acorn of Quercus macrocarpa. Observed empty in October in Manitoba. Similar to this gall known from some white-group oaks in the southwestern US.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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