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Jo Bogaerts

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Not a 100% plant related question
« on: September 17, 2020, 05:41:40 PM »
Hello , I have a question not 100 % plantrelated , so if not wanted , please remove it.

Can somenone ID this please ? Is it a fungus ? muchroom? or insect nest? which ?
on an Oak in Provence(France)  in August . THe same tree had some 10 times this  , no other tree around.
Never seen before and after. Thanks in advance !  nice regards  Jo
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Re: Not a 100% plant related question
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2020, 06:06:42 PM »
How  fascinating!   An oak gall of  some  sort made  by  a  wasp, I believe- perhaps  one  of these :
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/knopper-oak-gall-wasp

https://notesonaspanishvalley.com/2013/10/03/oak-galls/
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Jo Bogaerts

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Re: Not a 100% plant related question
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2020, 07:06:53 PM »
Thanks Maggi Young ! also for your links . It seems to be a gall wesp (one of many)
It look totaly different from the gall we know in Belgium. So we hesitate.. Thanks.
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