Get ya Galls out for the boys

[David Humphries]

Yup, good shout

 

I noticed in your pics in post 37, is that willow split out?

 

I ask because the willow I found these on was also split out!

 

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Not freshly split out, but as an old pollard, there are some historical pole losses.

 

The tree is hollow.

 

 

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

No direct link between the galls and the splits/hollows then.

 

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[David Humphries]

No direct link between the galls and the splits/hollows then.

 

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I don't believe so Rob

 

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Aw, could of discovered something then:lol:

 

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[Fungus]

Not technically a gall. But a rust.

 

Here's an example of both a mould and a rust on willow leaves.

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[Fungus]

an example of ... a rust on willow leaves.

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And this is what it looks like 25x magnified through my new digital photo and video microscope. I also made 30 seconds of footage of a larva of a mining moth eating his way through a rust and a mite walking about the leave, but it (alas) has to many Mb's to enable uploading and showing it here.

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[RobArb]

Can you not do it via youtube?

 

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[David Goss]

here is some gallus galls

took them a while ago so cant remember the species but i think its hazel.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

has anyone any ideas as to the critter responsible for this poplar petiole gall?

 

[RobArb]

Pemphigus spyrothecae

 

common up here:thumbup: