Google............

Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Disease

LOL, that link took me to a page about "Rat model of polymicrobial infection, immunity, and bone resorption...."

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Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Disease

thanks farmer

this doesn't sound good though. I will try cutting off the affected branches as they said.

update... IT did turn out to be gall. I have been fighting it ever since. I have cut and cut and cut! Last fall I felt I was losing the battle and so I cut my old forsythia down to a 4ft. height and cut out anything remotely looking like gall growth. After just checking it this spring it is budding beautifully and so far I see no growths. But it is still very early, so we shall see! Maybe I'm crazy, I just don't want to give up on this one. Not just yet anyway. Anyone ever successfully conquer gall?