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Mistletoes and galls

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[no, not Gauls… those are the Asterix’s friends, who use mistletoe in their magic, strength-giving, potion.  This is about GALLS – an entirely different thing, but still with mistletoe connections…] Cecidology, or the study of plant galls, abnormal plant growths caused by specific animals or other plants, might seem to be a rather specialist subject.  But it has a significant, and growing, folllowing amongst both professional biologists and amateur naturalists.  It even has its own […]