... Dear sir Please send me a copy of the books available in your country. Thank you Dr.P.Mehalingam Department of Botany VHNSN College, Virudhunagar Tamilnadu...
Dear Margaret, Yesterday Ian Evans contacted me about the galling-trip to Scotland. I am really looking forward to it!! My dear husband will not join me, but...
The weekend will be very exciting, but it actually starts on Thursday evening July 12 Carl ... Scotland. I am ... but that is ... the ... travel to ... would...
Dear Jojanneke, Ian Evans told me you were planning to go to the Scotland BPGS trip - I'm very glad though it's a pity your husband can't be there too. We will...
Dear Margaret, It will be very nice to travel from and to Edinburgh together. Please let me know when you have an idea about what time you will pass by...
Dear Jojanneke, As soon as I have confirmed my train times I'll let you know - I must do it this week. My journey from Sheffield to Inverness on Thursday 12...
Today I saw what looks like a gall on holly. The leaves are curling and have extra prickles on the upper surface of the leaf blade. Unfortunately I do not...
There is a garden form that does this, called Hedgehog Holly. It would normally have this effect on many of the leaves, not just one or two. I don't know if...
Thanks Carl. I did a google:- Unique spiked leaves give them the appearance of little hedgehogs. Green with cream edging and spikes. Sterile male form of...
Hello all, I have just joined this group as I found a gall today that I cannot id for certain. I have taken pictures of other galls but have been able to work...
Hello Richard Took a quick look, pics are a bit blurry or I am after a swift half, looks like a possible Andricus curvator. S rrogers12345 <qiop@...>...
Hi there, I agree - it is Andricus curvator and it looks like more than three although small galls. Some people might remember that I send a message 12 month...
Hello Richard, Your message came through as an email and I replied.... but it seems to have gone off-planet! So here goes again. Obviously Scotty and Karsten...
... them ... Dear Richard You are most welcome to our country. I will arrage food and accomodation in my college. You and learn the cecidology Dr.P.Mehalingam ...
Thank you Maggie, I will purchase the recommended book. I thought I might get away wuth the FSC sheet on galls but that is quite superficial. Richard...
Thank you Karsten, My local patch is the Attenborough Nature Reserve. I have not counted the number of oak there and would guess at 50-60 including saplings,...
Hello Karsten I cannot recall if I have already had this conversation with you 12 months back but the records for N.quercusbaccarum in Surrey V17 in 2006...
Hello all, 'British Plant Galls' arrived today! Quite appropriate as this weekend I found my first fungi induced gall on Rosa canina Dog Rose. My new book ...
Hi Richard, P. mucronatum is far commoner, esp on R. canina, (P. tuberculatum is more often on cultivated spp) but you'd need to check details of the...
Hi Richard, You need a high-power microscope to tell the difference. P tuberculatum has spores with pores 4-5 microns and P mucronatum spores have pores half...
Hello Richard and all In the event that you do not own a high powered microscope some members or organisations may be able to identify it for you. One...
Thank you all for your interest. Maybe the id is academic but it links with a greater interest of mine - fungi (a subject which seems to become harder the more...
Hello again. Success! Please see http://uk.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_galls/photos/view/f9aa?b=3 which look exactly the P. mucronatum drawing in the...
Hi Richard, Who's got a Coolpix? ;o) Most rust aeciospores look very similar. The differences between those of these two species are very subtle. You'll need...
I took the following picture a couple of weeks ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mausboam/508334617 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mausboam/508334617> I saw a...
Hello Jerry, Your i/d looks OK to me. Did you use a microscope when searching for the mites? They are very small. 'bye for now, Maggie ... had been ... ...
Hello, I received this picture with the question whether it is Rhopalomyia ptarmicae or not. Can anyone tell me if it is, or if it is maybe Rhopalomyia ...
