Peeling bark

Have been wanting to blip this lovely Silver Birch bark for ages!

A big thanks to ChrisA for identifying my bad hair blip yesterday. Its a Bedeguar Gall.

From the internet - Apparently they are created by a type of wasp called the gall wasp (Diplolepis rosae), they lay eggs in the leaf buds and when the larvae (almost all female) hatch and they start to eat the leaf bud then some magic happens. It is not fully understood but it is believed that a chemical is released that causes the plant to grow in the strange way it does, which provides more food for the growing larvae.

The fully developed gall was used in days gone by a a medicine, to cure baldness, and cure a toothache. More on wikipedia.