Was out hiking and came across these strange berry looking things growing on the leaves of these plants. Anyone know what they are?
Was out hiking and came across these strange berry looking things growing on the leaves of these plants.
Was out hiking and came across these strange berry looking things growing on the leaves of these plants. Anyone know what they are?
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I know what those are.
I don't know what those are, but they sure look tasty.
Btw which plant identification app does PrepHole use?
Google. But seriously, does such a thing exist? I was just out hiking yesterday and I came across a few plants that I couldn't identify (ended up figuring it out via google). That'd be great if you could feed a picture/info into an app and get back some potential candidates.
No such app exists that I know of.
doesn't like google lens do this? I swear to God I've used it to identify a mushroom once while hiking
They are so strange, they aren't growing out of a stem, but from the surface of the leaves.
google lense works for most plants
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They are probably some type of gall wasp
Would there be thousands of them in just one area?
Definitely some sort of parasitic organism. Could be an insect, a virus, a fungus, lots of possibilities.
Many such cases.
Gotta take a few more pictures and a few samples, maybe bring them to your local university and get a botany prof to look at em, please report back when you find out
Eat the forbidden berries
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Leaf gall of some sort.
oak berries
true delicacy
Fun fact. If you wait til they brown up and pick them you 'might' be able to turn them into ink. Iron galls are what they used in medieval times to make quill ink.
Ever made some of it before?
Watched it done at a Ren faire but that's all close as I got unfortunately.
Huh, that's really cool. Does it matter what plant the galls are from?
These ones should work. Oak gall or iron gall is what was used. I don't know if there's specific types that work better. But they all turn into these little papery brown husks when they dry that's just absolutely loaded to the gills with tannin, the stuff that makes black tea so dark, that's the source of the ink coloring.
Those are not berries. They are nearly hollow with some weird stuff on the inside that kind of resembles a sponge made out of thread. There's no liquid inside. They're growing on oak tree saplings somewhere in the south east. Looks like Florida.
It is Florida.