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Not quite a fungus but a result of one (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by cosmicrookie to c/[email protected]

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This is hair ice. It is formed on dead barkless wood and a fungus called Exidiopsis effusa is the main reason. I found this and many more, during late autumn in a forest in Northern Denmark

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[–] cosmicrookie 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're welcome!

As far as I know, and I can easily be wrong about this, it mostly forms in snow free weather and when the temperature is just below freezing

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[–] TheBiscuitLout 2 points 10 months ago

That would correlate to when I saw it. It’s actually pretty hard to photograph when the ground is frosty, as there’s so little contrast

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