Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986, Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

Author	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor)
Year	1986
Title	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
ISBN	0 9511582 0
Type	Book/Report
Source	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Illustrations	Copious line drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)	A short handbook for identification of plant galls. The host plant genera are listed alphabetically. Under each genus the galls are grouped according to which part of the plant is affected. Now superseded by Redfern & Shirley: "British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi", 2002.
Examine	in the Hand ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful)
Specimen Preparation	Fresh galls
Identification difficulty	Sometimes need to cut a gall open to examine gall-causer

Notes & Purpose	Status	Taxon	English	Classification
For identification	Superseded	Bacteria	bacteria, mitochondria, blue-green algae
For identification	Current	ACARI	mites	Animalia
For identification	Superseded	DIPTERA	two-winged flies	Animalia
For identification	Superseded	HYMENOPTERA	ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps	Animalia
For identification	Superseded	LEPIDOPTERA	butterflies and moths	Animalia
For identification	Superseded	HEMIPTERA	bugs	Animalia
For identification	Superseded	NEMATODA	roundworms, eelworms or nematodes	Animalia
For identification	Current	OOMYCOTA	a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi	Chromista
For identification	Superseded	FUNGI	true fungi
For identification	Superseded	VIRUSES	viruses
	Superseded	TRACHEOPHYTA	vascular plants	Plantae

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