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Alnus incana  (Speckled Alder)

Photo of Alnus incana by Bryan Kelly-McArthur
© Bryan Kelly-McArthur (Photo ID #72869)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Moberly BC Photographer Bryan Kelly-McArthur
Habitat moist irrigation ditch fed gully  
Photo Date July 12, 2016 Upload Date December 05, 2016
Elevation (m) 926  
UTM Zone # 11 Latitude
UTM Easting 494356 Longitude
UTM Northing 5700244 Photo ID # 72869
Notes showing Taphrina occidentalis (Alder tongues) fungus growing on female catkins. Fungus "produces a hypertrophic condition of the bract resulting in long twisted tongue-like outgrowths .... " ((Matchmaker (MycoMatch) )). Confirmed by Michael Beug.

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