Cherry Gall

Cherry Gall - Cynips quercusfolii f. agamic

Description

Cynips quercusfolii is a small black gall wasp.  Agamic galls are cherry galls on the leaves of some species of oak. The galls are large and succulent, 15 to 25 mm in diameter, smoother on Quercus robur or more warty on Quercus petraea; yellow-green suffused with pink or red, and later dark red then brown with a thick walled chamber. They persist on fallen leaves over winter.

Similar Species

The agamic cherry galls are a similar size to the common marble gall (Andricus kollari) but these form from buds, not on a leaf. 

 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Provide photographs of the gall on the host plant, and note the host species.

Habitat

English/Sessile oaks.

Further Information

See British Plant Galls (Redfern & Shirley 2023).

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