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Hi, I've just received information about a possible A lucidus gall (agamic) found at Strettington near Chichester, West Sussex. I have no other records for...
Hi Janet Not one I know of and I don't think that there are a vast number of recorders in the 2 VCs! I will post your message on the 'Adastra' group which gets...
Hi Sarah, Thanks very much - yes the recorder is Howard Matcham, do you know him? I have not heard from him before. I suggested he contact Peter Shirley if he...
Hi Janet Yes, Howard is the Bryophyte recorder for Sussex and a good naturalist. I have heard from Patrick Roper, who manages the Sussex Rare Species...
Hi and Happy new year to everybody, I have a question to float about Orthopelma mediator on bedeguar galls. It is often stated that O. mediator is the main...
Hi all, It seems as if Cecidophyopsis malpighianus has got to the North Norfolk Coast. I collected some swollen buds and enlarged flower heads in the garden...
Hi Robert, Wikipedia has a picture of Umbellaria which matches your description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbellularia The Laurus page is not encouraging...
Hi Malcolm, That's the problem the pictures and descriptions of Umbellaria and Laurus in many books could refer to either. I can tell you the seeds of one are...
... Norfolk Coast. I collected some swollen buds and enlarged flower heads in the garden of a hotel at Blakeney on Sunday 11th January. However i am a bit...
H, Steady on David, we will all be experts if you are not careful! Thanks for the link . I have just realised I have wasted the last two years looking for...
Today in North Suffolk VC25 I found several Alexander (Smyrnium olustrum) leaves containing mines. Could these be of the Gall fly Euleia herclei? Do these...
... olustrum) leaves containing mines. ... Not galls, but the following page may be helpful : http://www.ukflymines.co.uk/Keys/SMYRNIUM.html. There is a...
Hi Note the link has a dot at the end so does not work. Try the leafmine group on yahoo it is quite active. Did the plant have a rust on them?? David ... ...
Hi all, I've put in the Carl Farmer album a photo of a large growth on Rowan made up of smooth round bobbles. Is this Crown Gall (Agrobacterium tumefaciens)?...
Hi Carl, It looks a bit like a crown gall to me, unless someone else knows better? Whatever the answer, the growth has been there for some time, because there...
Hi! I am a new member and need your assistance to confirm some identifications I tentatively made using the AIDGAP book "British Plant Galls" and a few...
Found on Acer pseudoplatanus, September 6th, in Brussels _________________________________________________________________ Vos emails et contacts Messenger...
Found on Acer pseudoplatanus, in brussels, April-May _________________________________________________________________ Vos emails et contacts Messenger vous...
I am hesitating to volunteer any id for the attached galls, all found in Brussels between end of July and early september. This concludes my serie on Acer;...
Hi Jean, You first picture, with Drisina glutinosa looks okay to me. The Pediaspis aceris also appears to be correct. The galls on Acer campestre look more...
As far as I know - yes. But might be worth checking with Brian Spooner at Kew. We arn't capable of determining the bacterium. As for everything, records should...
Dear Jean, I agree with Jojanneke's comments on your galls, although I have never seen Pediaspis aceris as it doesn't occur in Britain. Aceria macrochela is...
Hello everyone, The next Cecidology & 2009 Events Calendar may not be with you in time to publicise the above workshop, which will be held as usual at Brocks ...
May I bother you today with a few galls found on Salix caprea in Brussels? Could somebody confirm or correct my determinations? Thanks in advance, Jean ...
