Amber Snail (Succinea putris)



Silk Button Gall (Neuroterus numismalis) & Common Spangle Gall Neuroterus quercusbaccarum)







Rust on Hazel (Corylus avellana)













Mildew growing on the Tar Spot?


Sycamore Tar Spot (Rhytisma acerinum)







Sori on leaves and stems.





Burst sori revealing a black spore mass on Creeping Buttercup. (Ranunculus repens)

Urocystis ranunculi



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Spore balls - Brown fertile cells surrounded by clear sterile cells.





False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum)







Uridia (Spore producing bodies)



Urediospores

Rust on an Alder Leaf (Alnus glutinosus)

Alder Rust (Melampsoridium hiratsukanum)?

Tags: AmberSnail, GallSp, SilkButtonGall, CommonSpangleGall, Hazel, FalseBrome, Alder, Urocystisranunculi, SycamoreTarSpot

Silver Birch Aphid (Euceraphis betulae)



This one looks as if it has been attacked by a fungus but it may be a dusting of blue wax particles


Silver Birch Aphid (Euceraphis betulae)









This might be the leaf mine of Agromyza alnibetulae









Leaf edge roll?

Action on Silver Birch (Betula pendula)



Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)







Smut Fungus (Ustilago avenae) infects the spikelets of Oats and in this case False Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum elatius),

Tags: GreatWillowHerb, Ustilagoavenae, SilverBirch, LeafMine, SilverBirchAphid