Unknown p-menziesii-swollen-bud-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, black, tan
Texture: hairless, leafy
Abundance:
Shape: conical, rosette
Season:
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Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: bud
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

Rounded, smooth, hairless bud galls on Pseudotsuga menziesii. The galls have no needles on them, and as they age, flare outwards significantly into the shape of a flower. The galls are thin-walled. Observed in California in November.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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