What's that weird shiny wrinkled thing on the acorn of an oak tree?
It's the button gall.
Jeez, what kind of growth is that?And even on an acorn.
What is a gal?
A gall is a growth in plant tissue. A response to an audacious insect.That just like hell releases its eggs on a leaf, a bud or in the bark of a twig. As it separates, it secretes a substance to which the plant or a tree reacts with the growth of proliferating tissue.
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Hans
7 months ago
Nooit van gehoord of gezien. Gaaf om hierover te lezen, bijzonder.
