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Hello AscoFrance, I have recently photographed, c

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Warre Van CaenegemI'm currently in Croatia doing fieldwork that is n

I add here picture of two sites in Southern Gemany. I already had this in different forums but nobody could help me. As here are specialists of Hypoxylon and related fungi, perhaps somebody knows "who" is responsible for this roundish bouildings which I have already found quite often.
Regards from Lothar
they are galls induced by the insect (Diptera, Cecidomiide)Mycocecis ovalis. Quite rare
Best
Alfredo V.

Hi Alfredo,
great :-) - I am happy to have this identification.
But I have to contradict - this galls are all but rare, I have seen this many times. Peter Püwert wrote me a mail few minutes ago and stated that they are well-known to him, too.
Best regards from Lothar

Here it was already an issue in 2009
http://www.ascofrance.com/forum/7339/simple-question
Björn Nordén wrote it up from Sweden sometime back. As far as I remember I have only seen it on rubiginosum s.st.