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and are readily distinguishable from animal galls which 

 contain distinct cavities for the occupancy of the gall 

 makers.* 



Fig. 28. A fungus gall of the "witches broom" type on the 

 smooth sumac (Rhus glabra ) 



*While we commonly speak of the gall insect or fungus as a "gall 

 maker," we are not unmindful that it merely furnishes the stimulus 

 to overgrowth on the part of the plant itself. 



