We go out in Search of Plant Galls and Find Some

Feeling in the Mood for a Change we toddled over to Bostall Heath (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich) to look for Plant Galls on the numerous Oak Trees growing there and were Super-Pleased to actually find some.

Luckily for us, some of the Oaks on the Heath are quite small which made finding and photographing the Galls quite easy.

[i] Common Spangle Galls (Neuroterus Quercusbaccarum) viz.

[ii] Silk Button Spangle Galls (Neuroterus Numismalis) viz.

[iii] assumed Oak Artichoke Galls (Andricus Foecundatrix) viz.

[iv] assumed Smooth Spangle Galls (Neuroterus Albipes) viz.

[v] assumed Oak Apple Galls (Biorhiza Pallida) viz.

We also noticed other larger arrangements viz.

We think these might all be Knopper Galls (Andricus Quercuscalicis) or similar.

Some interesting exchanges yesterday on a Social Media site where we asked for help on Identifications have helped us to keep things in perspective. We shall enjoy looking for Galls but are not going to get too exercised in trying to Identify everything which we think might take the Fun out of our Gall Hunting Expeditions.