Cherry Knot Gall Apiosporina morbosa (Schwinitz) Arx    Synonyms: Black Knot, Dibotryon morbosum.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Ascomycota   >   Class Dothideomycetes   >   Order Pleosporales   >   Family Venturiaceae   >   Genus Apiosporina   

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Frequently grows on Black Cherry and other cherry trees.

There are 290 records in the project database.

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Cherry Knot Gall in Howard Co., Maryland (12/4/2009). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Cherry Knot Gall (Apiosporina morbosa) found during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Baltimore Co., Maryland (12/1/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall on Black Cherry in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/6/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/31/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/10/2015). Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/21/2017). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/25/2018). (c) mmn noriko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by mmn_noriko via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Harford Co., Maryland (1/18/2018). Photo by Austin Jennings. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in St. Marys Co., Maryland (4/30/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/28/2015). New for Allegany County and Rocky Gap SP as part of the Rocky Gap SP BioBlitz. Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Cherry Knot Gall in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/21/2017). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)


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