Unknown q-douglasii-flange-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, pink, red, yellow, tan
Texture:
Abundance: rare
Shape: spangle/button
Season: Summer, Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope

Quercus douglasii, garryana
Leaf galls, detachable
Small depressed sphere on a saucer-shaped, 4-7 pointed base. Fig 174.

[Figure caption]
174. Unknown. On Q douglasii. A depressed sphere resting in a star-shaped saucer, resembling the fungus Geaster. Seen a few times in Aug and Sept.

- LH Weld: (1957) Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope©

Reference: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924018313555&view=1up&seq=88


Further Information:
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