Phomopsis gall on hickory

(Phomopsis spp.)

Conservation Status
Phomopsis gall on hickory
 
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Description
 
 

There are at least 232 species of the fungus Phomopsis. Several of these produce abnormal swellings (galls) on bitternut hickory trees. The galls are identical in appearance and identification of the associated species in the field is not possible.

Galls may occur singly or in clusters on the trunk and branches. They are woody, rough, more or less round swellings. They can be from very small to 10 in diameter. They appear as tight clusters of nodules, each nodule up to 1 or more in diameter. If cut open they reveal disorganized woody tissue but no insect chambers or tunnels.

Spores are produced throughout the growing season and are spread by wind and rain splashes. It is believed that spores infect a host by entering a wound of a young twig. The fungus then spreads to branches and to the trunk. The galls do not kill the host but reduce vigor and girdle small branches causing dieback. Uninfected trees may occur near heavily infected ones.

 
     
 

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Habitat and Hosts
 
 

Bitternut hickory

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Season

 
 

Year-round

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources: 7, 24, 30.

 
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Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Fungi (fungi)  
  Subkingdom Dikarya  
  Division Ascomycota (sac fungi)  
  Subdivision Pezizomycotina  
  Class Sordariomycetes  
  Subclass Sordariomycetidae  
  Order Diaporthales  
  Family Diaporthaceae  
  Genus Phomopsis  
       
 

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Common Names

 
  Phomopsis gall on hickory  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Gall

An abnormal growth on a plant produced in response to an insect larva, mite, bacteria, or fungus.

 
 
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Many of the trees around this Bitternut Hickory, pictured were infested with this fungus.

 
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Published on Jan 24, 2015

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  Kate Clover
11/25/2020

Location: Grey Cloud Dune SNA, Cottage Grove. On riverside of rail tracks

Many of the trees around this Bitternut Hickory, pictured were infested with this fungus.

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