Question: A few perigynia are curiously elongated in a specimen of Carex scabrata (collected in Maine 2007). I don't see any …
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Question
A few perigynia are curiously elongated in a specimen of Carex scabrata (collected in Maine 2007). I don't see any insect damage. Just wondering what would cause this, and how commonly it might occur.
Answer
Thokozile, I'm not sure in this case, but sometimes distortions of this kind are a response to fungal or insect infection. It is good to recognize these aberrant perigynia so that measurements aren't made on misleading ones. Best wishes.
