Mayflowers said:Biodiversity and galls
One of the most striking things about galls is their astonishing variety; there are myriad causers and hosts, shapes and sizes. Galls are just one illustration of the incredible biodiversity (i.e. the variety of life) in our forests, and on the planet as a whole.
Take for example the alien-looking galls on stinging nettle leaves (Urtica dioica) caused by a rust fungus (Puccinia urticata); or the galls on bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) resulting from the activities of a tiny fly (Chirosia grossicauda), which causes the leaves to distort and curl over; or the hairy structures on germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), giving away the presence of a gall midge (Jaapiella veronicae).
Some galls causers rely on more than one host. A fungus known as Gymnosporangium clavariiforme produces strange orange tentacle-like growths on juniper (Juniperus communis). The spores from these then infect the leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), resulting in more galls, which are very different in their growth form, and these then re-infect juniper, and so on. This clearly demonstrates the fact that, the greater the plant diversity there is in an ecosystem, the more species will be supported overall.
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