Unknown q-marilandica-spike-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus marilandica
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, tan
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: conical
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: 
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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A small, narrow, conical gall extending to the lower side of a leaf vein on Quercus marilandica. The type gall was pubescent to a degree similar to the surrounding leaf. A cross-section revealed thin walls containing a single pupa with no additional cell.
Observed in Texas in April.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
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