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09-01-2012, 03:54 PM
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| | | ash query
Hi,
Can anyone say what has happened here - irregular lumps of woody tissue where there should be bunches of ash keys ? Development seems to have taken a wrong turn, but what would have caused it? 
Spotted near Sandown this afternoon.
Thanks,
Rob
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09-01-2012, 04:05 PM
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Hi Rob...
This looks like a gall caused by the Cauliflower Gall mite - Aceria fraxinivorus.
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09-01-2012, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Fauna  Hi Rob...
This looks like a gall caused by the Cauliflower Gall mite - Aceria fraxinivorus.
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09-01-2012, 06:28 PM
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Thanks Chris, and poschiavanus, I haven't noticed galls on ash before but, then again, I don't think I've looked for them.
Rob 
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10-01-2012, 11:42 AM
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This is much more obvious in Winter than in Summer, when it's remarkably easy to overlook.
Ash is quite rewarding for galls: there are 3 gall midges, a couple of psyllids, and another mite which gall leaves. |
10-01-2012, 12:08 PM
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Ash can also suffer greatly from bacterial and fungal 'cankers' which can equally affect trunks and branches with disfiguring growths.
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