Thread: Oak Gall - ID?
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Old 25-01-2008, 03:40 PM
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I've never seen this and can't find anything like it for Europe although some USAmerican sites show something similar .... Is this a relatively recent phenomenon?
Looks rather like a tiny toadstool coated in chocolate.
Shall be interested to know what you discover ....

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Originally Posted by ericrovve View Post
This funny little sticky brown 'house' is found on Quercus pubescens, in great numbers in some years. Perhaps on other oaks? Anyone a name??

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