Tree Fungus...please identify
 

anyone have a clue what this is?


http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=alm...1654751&Pres=Y


I live in north east florida, and I believe this to be a myrtle oak.


hope that helps.


york

york said:

anyone have a clue what this is?


http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=alm...1654751&Pres=Y


I live in north east florida, and I believe this to be a myrtle oak.

Looks to be some type of gall. These are formed on the leaf by
either an insect (on oaks, usually small wasp, but also small flies)
or by mites. Leaf galls are mainly a cosmetic problem. Best treatment
is to clean up the leaves when they fall and destroy them.

(TWIG galls, on the other hand, can severely damage or even kill oak trees.)
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

york said:

anyone have a clue what this is?


http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=alm...1654751&Pres=Y


I live in north east florida, and I believe this to be a myrtle oak.

Looks to be some type of gall. These are formed on the leaf by
either an insect (on oaks, usually small wasp, but also small flies)
or by mites. Leaf galls are mainly a cosmetic problem. Best treatment
is to clean up the leaves when they fall and destroy them.

(TWIG galls, on the other hand, can severely damage or even kill oak trees.)
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

On 26 Aug 2004 18:28:44 -0700, (york) wrote:

anyone have a clue what this is?


http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=alm...1654751&Pres=Y


I live in north east florida, and I believe this to be a myrtle oak.


hope that helps.


york


Do you have any junipers near your oak? Junipers are notorious for
being gall carriers. The ones here in NJ seem to affect nearby
crabapples rather fiercely and your photos is quite similar to what
afflicts by mine.

Boron

Do you have any junipers near your oak? Junipers are notorious for
being gall carriers. The ones here in NJ seem to affect nearby
crabapples rather fiercely and your photos is quite similar to what
afflicts by mine.

Boron


Well actually it isn't "my" oak tree. It is in the woods. I have no
earthly idea what a juniper looks like. I am a photographer and my main
interest is in nailing down the taxonomy of whatever that lil' bugger
on the leaf is.

thanks,

york

If your interest is truly taxonomic it's interesting that you have no idea
what a juniper looks like.
Thomas
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...
Do you have any junipers near your oak? Junipers are notorious for
being gall carriers. The ones here in NJ seem to affect nearby
crabapples rather fiercely and your photos is quite similar to what
afflicts by mine.

Boron


Well actually it isn't "my" oak tree. It is in the woods. I have no
earthly idea what a juniper looks like. I am a photographer and my main
interest is in nailing down the taxonomy of whatever that lil' bugger
on the leaf is.

thanks,

york

f your interest is truly taxonomic it's interesting that you have no
idea
what a juniper looks like.
Thomas

As a photographer my taxonomic intrest is simply in finding out what my
subject is. I am not a gardener. Unless I take a picture of juniper
then I have no need to know what it is. Although in the interest of
sience I have looked it up. There are no such trees near my subject.
york

So it was a good day for you, because you increased your taxonic knowledge.
One can not know too much. I have been a professional photographer for 35
years, and if you want to really learn something, learn to garden. Truly,
the more you learn, the more you learn you don't know.
Thomas
wrote in message
...
f your interest is truly taxonomic it's interesting that you have no
idea
what a juniper looks like.
Thomas

As a photographer my taxonomic intrest is simply in finding out what my
subject is. I am not a gardener. Unless I take a picture of juniper
then I have no need to know what it is. Although in the interest of
sience I have looked it up. There are no such trees near my subject.
york