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Plum Pocket Gall (on Black Cherry Tree)

Taphrina sp.

Description:

These weird tongue-like galls emerging where immature cherries should be visible are probably the result of a fungal pathogen. The Tapthrina genus produces a number of fungi associated with leaf curling, pocket galls, and witch's broom. T. pruni in particular is known to produce distinctive tongue-like growth. The growth seen here is the distorted fruit, not the fungus itself.

Habitat:

Spotted on this specimen:(http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/423066002)

Notes:

Spotted near a wooded detention/retention pond in an office building complex in Kennesaw, GA

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Georgia, USA

Spotted on Apr 8, 2014
Submitted on Jun 29, 2014

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