Unknown mexican-white-oak-stone-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus obtusata
Detachable: integral
Color: brown
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Season: Winter, Fall
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Alignment: integral
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Location: fruit
Form: hidden cell
Cells: monothalamous
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Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0
Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0Our 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 cryptic cell adjacent to the cotyledons of maturing acorns of a Mexican white-group oak (Quercus ?obtusata). Cut out of acorns in December in Michoacan. Similar to Callirhytis lapillula or electrea in US white oaks.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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