Unknown q-obtusata-thin-walled-stem-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, orange, red, green, tan
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thin
Location: stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A small globular gall emerging from year-old stems of Quercus ?obtusata. Galls observed in December in Michoacan, Mexico were either fresh, green inside, and densely covered in red-white hairs, or dried and empty.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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