Galls on Sloe Prunus spinosa bushes called ‘pocket plums’ caused by the fungus Taphrina pruni

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Pocket Plum 'starved plum'; 'bladder bullace; and 'mock plum'. Synonyms Ascomyces pruni (Tul.), W. Phillips, (1887) Exoascus insititiae Sadeb., (1884) Exoascus pruni (Tul.), Fuckel, (1870) Taphrina insititiae (Sadeb.), Johanson

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Location: Old Moor RSPB, Old Moor Lane, Dearne Valley, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
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