Unknown q-alba-polythalamous-swelling
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus alba
Detachable: integral
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Texture: stiff, hairless
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: hidden cell
Cells: polythalamous
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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 slight swelling at the base of the previous year's twig growth on Quercus alba, containing many cells in the wood, emerging by July. Galls contained adult wasps. Consistent with similar galls on other white-group oaks induced by cynipids in the genera Loxaulus and Bassettia. Observed in Ontario.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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