17/May/2026, 5:13 PM
Kiikri tn., Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Urban city, bird cherry tree, on flowers and fruits (beginning of the impact)
59°26'34.8"N 24°47'01.8"E
🌡️ 11°C 🌤️ Passing clouds 💨 Wind 330° NNW->SSE, 11 km/h
Original Instagram postTaphrina padi
bird cherry pocket
- Scientific identification
- Taphrina padi (Jacz.) Mix
- Family
- Taphrinaceae
- Class
- Taphrinomycetes
- Genus
- Taphrina
Names across languages
- English: bird cherry pocket
- German: Traubenkirschen-Narrentasche
- Finnish: Tuomenpussitautisieni
- Estonian: Toomingaluudik
- Russian: Тафрина черёмуховая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-05-17.
Hymenium
Naked whitish pale grey ascus layer developing on swollen fruits
Body
Forms elongated, hollow, bladder- or tongue-shaped galls replacing normal fruits of bird cherry, initially pale green, later yellowish-reddish-brown
Hymenium Attachment
Exposed ascus layer on the surface of infected plant tissue
Stipe
N/A
Spore print
Spore print white to pale cream
Ecology
iotrophic plant parasite on Prunus padus and related bird cherries, causing tongue-like fruit galls, spring to early summer
Edibility
Inedible, infected fruits distorted, hollow and stone-less
Fruit body
Microscopic fungus, host deformations up to ~1–3 cm long
Flesh
Gall tissue soft, spongy, pale green to yellowish, becoming brownish with age
Odour
Indistinct
Taste
N/A
Microscopy
Asci cylindrical to clavate, ~50–60 × 25–52 µm, ascospores globose to subglobose, ~4–5 µm, budding within asci, no true ascomata
Overview
Parasitic ascomycete causing elongated hollow galls on bird cherry fruits
1947). Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 50: 1.
Field encounters
6/18/23, 10:44 AM
Lohusalu sadam, Harju, Estonia
Park land, near sea, bird cherry fruits (Prunus padus)
No GPS information
🔆 Clear sky, moderate wind, semishade from trees
Original Instagram postSource hashtags
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