Since agreeing to be gall recorder for SNS, matters seem to have conspired to keep me away from Suffolk. However, from the few visits I have made I offer the following records for the new Millennium. Perhaps they will stimulate others to do some recording.
Cynipid Galls Recorded in Suffolk from 2000 to 2002
Phanacis hypochoeridis, TM5074, Walberswick, elongate swellings on Hypochoeris radicata stems, 5.ix.2001.
Diplolepis rosae, Robin’s Pincushion, TM4077, Holton, 10.viii.2002, several galls on Rosa canina agg.buds at a disused gravel pit.
Andricus anthracinus, Oyster gall (A.ostreus of older works) TM4767, Minsmere, on Q.robur leaves, 4.ix.2001.
Andricus corruptrix, TM3347, Upper Hollesley Common, on Q.robur buds, 26.x.2000.
Andricus fecundator, Artichoke gall, TM3347, Upper Hollesley Common on Q.robur buds, 26.x.2000; TM4767, Minsmere on Q.robur buds, 4.ix.2001.
Andricus inflator, TM1337, Tattingstone, on Q.robur buds, 22.iv.2001.
Andricus kollari, Oak Marble, TM3347, Upper Hollesley Common, on Q.robur buds,26.x.2000; TM1337, Tattingstone on Q.robur buds, 22.iv.2001; TM4767, Minsmere on Q.robur buds, 4.ix.2001.
Andricus lignicola, Cola Nut gall, TM4767, Minsmere on Q.robur buds, 4.ix.2001; TM1337, Tattingstone on Q.robur buds, 22.iv.2001.
Andricus quercuscalicis, Knopper gall, TM4767, Minsmere on Q.robur acorns, 4.ix.2001.
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum, Common Spangle gall, TM3347, Upper Hollesley, Common on Q.robur leaves, 26.x.2000; TM4767, Minsmere, on Q.robur leaves, 4.ix.2001 Cynips divisa, TM4767, Minsmere, on Q.robur leaves, 4.ix.2001.
Biorrhiza pallida, Oak Apple, TM4767, Minsmere on Q.robur buds, old galls, 4.ix.2001; TM1337, Tattingstone on Q.robur buds, 22.iv.2001.
As yet the new British colonist Andricus aries does not appear to have colonised Suffolk despite being widespread in Essex, having been found as far north as Little Clacton. The galls are situated in Quercus robur buds and consist of a rounded chamber with a long, sometimes curved process, arising from the distal end. I am interested to receive records or specimens of any Suffolk galls via Colchester Museums Museum Resource Centre14, Ryegate Road Colchester CO1 1YG.
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