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Oak Leaf Blister

Taphrina caerulescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 13, February 14, March 21, April 42, May 80, June 38, July 28, August 26, September 27, October 22, November 14, December 12.
United States3,959
Canada395
Ontario337
New York323
Alaska305
Georgia246
California239
Virginia219
Missouri218
Maryland211

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Plant pathogenDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly parasitize or infect plants.Inferred from its group
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassTaphrinomycetes
OrderTaphrinales
FamilyTaphrinaceae
Genusleaf curl fungi · Taphrina

Sources

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Practise Oak Leaf Blister with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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