Unknown q-berberidifolia-axil-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, red, yellow, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: conical, cylindrical
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: erect, drooping
Walls:
Location: bud
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Cells:
Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

An elongate, hairless, slightly ribbed leaf axil bud gall tapering abruptly to a conical nipple. Red-pink on the sides with a green apex. Found in both lateral and apical buds of Quercus berberidifolia. Observed in California in August.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-berberidifolia-axil-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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