"Parasitic on epiphytic Hydrangea serratifolia, inducinggall formation, typically in clusters of limited length onolder stems; galls (Fig. 1a, b) irregularly musoid, clavarioidor tuberculate, single or in fascicles, hollow, some dehiscingat maturity, up to 100 mm long, ochraceous with fine redbrown scales when fresh, later covered by a grayish whitereticulum, gall surface rough, consisting mostly of dead,ruptured cells" (Palfner, 2006.)