When I was out walking at the weekend I saw this acorn…
In fact lots of the acorns were similarly afflicted by the curious knobbly growth.
I wonder if mighty oaks can still grow from it?
Curious acorn
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A branch fell off an oak tree as I walked by today and when I examined it. I saw that there were some ordinary acorns and these curious knobbly bits too. All over. Never seen it before and wondered if it was diseased
Its a knopper gall….I looked it up and it is one of a series of galls that can affect oak trees. They are often caused by wasp larvae on different parts of the tree. Oak apples are another example. This particular one is a knopper gall ( see here for lots of info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andricus_quercuscalicis ).According to the website of a local woodland it was particularly prevalent round where I live in 2004. It does affect the fertility of the acorns. You can see lots of the different oak galls here http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/3Oak%20galls.htm
Its a knopper gall….I looked it up and it is one of a series of galls that can affect oak trees. They are often caused by wasp larvae on different parts of the tree. Oak apples are another example. This particular one is a knopper gall ( see here for lots of info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andricus_quercuscalicis ).According to the website of a local woodland it was particularly prevalent round where I live in 2004. It does affect the fertility of the acorns. You can see lots of the different oak galls here http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/3Oak%20galls.htm