Ep. 195 : Gallformers.org

<p><a href="https://www.gallformers.org/" target="_blank">Gallformers.org</a> has been referred to me by a few friends over the past few months as they helped me to identify some unknown galls I have found in the field. I have written about galls on the <a href="https://www.toknowtheland.com" target="_blank">toknowtheland.com</a> website many times as well (<a href="https://www.toknowtheland.com/blog/acouplelatewinterwonders" target="_blank">1</a>)(<a href="https://www.toknowtheland.com/blog/20220305" target="_blank">2</a>)(<a href="https://www.toknowtheland.com/blog/oakapplegallsatlakeofbays" target="_blank">3</a>), usually having to refer back to <a href="https://www.gallformers.org/" target="_blank">gallformers.org</a> finally figure out who made them.</p> <p>I got to ask a ton of questions and we got to talk about why Jeff and Adam started gallformers.org, what a gall is, gall research resources, individuation between gall forms based on the inducer and the host, do they harm the host plant, and so much more.</p> <p>My appreciation and curiosity surrounding galls and their ecologies could just go nowhere if I didn’t have tools and resources to help me find answers to my curiosities, but because of Adam and Jeff at gallformers.org I have been able to keep going down the gall makers emergence hole and am consistently learning so much as I go.</p> <p>I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did.</p> <p><strong>To learn more :<br> </strong><a href="https://www.gallformers.org/" target="_blank">https://www.gallformers.org/</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/gallformers" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/gallformers</a><br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/gallformers" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/gallformers</a><br> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/people/1673632" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/people/1673632</a> (my iNat profile)<br> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3081415" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3081415</a> (Jeff's iNat profile)<br> <a hr