Unknown p-edulis-witches-broom
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Pinus edulis
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, green
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Season: Winter
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: bud, stem
Form: witches broom, abrupt swelling
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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These galls are composed of abruptly swollen terminal ends of twigs on Pinus edulis, which cause a large and conspicuous witches broom of needles to form on the swellings. The needles in the broom are arranged in a relatively circular structure, which is more visible when viewed from above. At the center of the group of needles are a group of stunted, dead needles with a few of them standing erect at the center of the group. These needles are positioned above a central, yellowish larval chamber, where the single inhabitant is found. Galls have been found in December through February in Utah and New Mexico.
”- 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 p-edulis-witches-broom on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
