Taphrina pruni Taphrina pruni Taphrina pruni is a fungal plant pathogen of blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) that causes the Pocket or bladder Plum gall, a chemically induced distortion of the fruit (sloes), producing swollen on one side, otherwise deformed and flattened fruit gall without a stone. The twigs on infected plants may also be deformed with small strap-shaped leaves. "T. pruni" produces a distinctive tongue-like growth, similar to other closely related species such as "Taphrina alni" on Alder ("Alnus glutinosa") and "Taphrina padi" on Bird Cherry "Prunus padus". The growth is the distorted fruit and not a fungus in its entirety. "T. pruni"
Grevillea spinosa Grevillea spinosa Grevillea spinosa, also known as the spiny grevillea, is an evergreen shrub of the genus "Grevillea" native to an area in the east of the Mid West, northern Goldfields-Esperance and southern Pilbara regions of Western Australia. The prickly shrub typically grows to a height of and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple, dissected, subpinnatisect leaves with a blade that is . It blooms from May to September and produces a terminal raceme irregular inflorescence with green or yellow flowers and orange styles. Later it forms red-brown simple hairy oblong to ovoid fruit that is long. The plant has