Hi, I've just received the following e mail and assumed that the picture would be of Taphrina alni but when I looked at it I wasn't at all sure. It's more of a...
Hi Janet, Looking at the picture it still looks like it must be Taphrina alni. This gall does not need to protrude from the side, I think, as long as it can ...
Does the gall on the picture look familiar to anybody? Could it be Contarinia jacobaea? I have not seen it before, but it reminds me of Rhopalomyia. Jojanneke...
Hi Jojanneke, It doesn't look like C. jacobaea to me - is the host Senecio jacobaea? I've not seen it before. It looks a bit like a seed head of something like...
Hi Janet, I can tell you it is certainly a Senecio-species. Senecio jabocaea (or Jacobaea vulgaris ssp vulgaris, as it is called nowadays) or S. Do you mean ...
Sorry, Jojanneke, I should have got my brain into gear before looking at your photo not after! It was the yellow flowers which were galled not the seed head,...
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