Cock Wood, Essex

Knopper Gall on acorn, Crowsheath Community Woodland, Downham

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The Knopper Gall (on left acorn) is caused by a tiny gall wasp, Andricus quercuscalicis. It produces ridged outgrowths on the acorns of our native Pedunculate Oak see http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/knopper-gall

Uploaded to Geograph by Roger Jones on 21 September 2013

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