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Some like thick flower buds and others like green globular growths with ridges, these galls were found on stalks on a Cootamundra wattle tree. Some of the galls had a furry growth (pic#5). Sections of the gall showed a fleshy centre with irregular chambers and white filamentous growth. I could not detect any live and moving "lodger" ..
Cootamundra wattle - Acacia baileyana
This spotting has been placed under "plants" because I am not sure about the architect of these galls - fungus or wasp. Acacia trees are prone to attacks by both fungus and gall wasps. If anyone has more information about these very commonly seen galls on A.baileyana, please add a comment. Thanks. For information on this wattle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_bail...
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