After spotting this on the ground I looked it up and found the delightful name as well as other information.
The Silk Button Galls are abundant on the underside of the Oak leaves and can reach 3 mm across. This gall holds the agamic generation and looks like a thick, rolled edge disk with a deep central pit and gold hairs, there is no mark on the top of the leaf. It is a single cell gall holding one wasp and can be seen from August to October, until the leaves fall in autumn. The wasp larva will mature in August but remain in the gall on the ground throughout the winter, emerging the following year from February to April.
It is the second gall pic I have posted this month.
Amazing find and facts - we often spot these things but but do not research ! 365 is a great place to learn facts - we are never too old to absorb new facts !!
