Unknown q-phellos-hellmouth-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus phellos
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairy, hairless
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Season: Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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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 distinctively shaped integral leaf gall on Quercus phellos. Its shape from above or below is a stadium, with two slightly swollen hemispherical ends and a long, somewhat narrow rectangle in the middle, with a raised rim along the perimeter. The is a papilla in the center on the upper side. The gall is green, hairless above and hairy below, comparable in color and texture to the leaf around it. It is thick-walled and contained a single larval cell with a larva as of May 7. Observed in Maryland.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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