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Hello,
 
Can any of you help identify this gall found on a pear tree leaf in Devon?  Would be interesting to know if you are familar with it, and have any information about it.
 
Thanks,
hengle 


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Hello, Can any of you help identify this gall found on a pear tree leaf in Devon? Would be interesting to know if you are familar with it, and have any...
Anna Cummings
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Sep 27, 2007
6:37 pm

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Sep 27, 2007
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Hi hengle, It's a gall of the rust Gymnosporangium. There are two spp on pear: G. confusum and G. sabinae, but they can only be distinguished under the ...
Malcolm Storey
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Sep 27, 2007
7:11 pm

Hi Anna, I agree with Malcolm. I have this gall on my cordon pears every year [identified for me by a member of Leics. Fungi Study Group] but have yet to find...
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Sep 27, 2007
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Many thanks Malcolm and Maggie, for quick identification of gall. Anna....
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