tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post5666553800845882894..comments2024-03-28T23:06:17.460+01:00Comments on wcs: A fungus among us?wcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-7749498066203494112013-07-01T04:07:13.046+02:002013-07-01T04:07:13.046+02:00well, you already know my thoughts on the subject ...well, you already know my thoughts on the subject of strange plants. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-42995750409636436582013-06-30T22:14:34.969+02:002013-06-30T22:14:34.969+02:00Well - isn't that interesting...
Are they soft...Well - isn't that interesting...<br />Are they soft, like a dishwashing 'scruncher' or sharp? Perhaps you will be brave enough to touch it - now that you know what it is.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911284607089608538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-37838427896828997342013-06-30T09:50:41.887+02:002013-06-30T09:50:41.887+02:00tim, yes, I think you were both tapping away simul...tim, yes, I think you were both tapping away simultaneously. Thanks for the info!wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-6454935532570058282013-06-30T09:50:15.782+02:002013-06-30T09:50:15.782+02:00Cool! Thanks!Cool! Thanks!wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-11744501414016492612013-06-30T09:23:15.038+02:002013-06-30T09:23:15.038+02:00I think Susan and I must have been hitting the key...I think Susan and I must have been hitting the keyboards at the same time!! 8-()Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-32461138528832955332013-06-30T09:21:06.409+02:002013-06-30T09:21:06.409+02:00Walt, they are "pincushion galls" or bed...Walt, they are "pincushion galls" or bedeguar galls... <br />cancerous growth caused by the actions of the gall wasp <i>Dipolepis rosae</i>... <br />the young grubs live and feed in the spongey growth which hardens over the season to give a woody centre that protects the little critters until they mature and hatch out in late Spring / early Summer the next year....<br />the galls are also called Robin's pincushion.<br />And it is a wild rose that you are seeing these on... <br />not the brambles. Just look at that hooked thorn.<br />Personally, I think that they are a wonderful addition to the greenscape around us. And there are loads of other galls... the spikes on lime leaves... the silk buttons on the underside of oak leaves... as well as oak apples and marble galls!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-91691114942618182612013-06-30T09:18:02.734+02:002013-06-30T09:18:02.734+02:00It's a bedeguar gall, caused by the wild rose&...It's a bedeguar gall, caused by the wild rose's reaction to a tiny wasp Diplolepis rosae laying eggs in the stem. They are commonly called Robin's Pincushions.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com