I went for a walk in the woods and found multiple fallen branches with this fairly long growth on them.

I assume that it is a fungus of some sort but does anyone have more info on what kind it is?

I found so many that I eventually stopped taking pictures of it. But I haven’t seen this before so I was surprised, as I spend quite a lot of time in the woods.

  • cosmicrookieOP
    322·
    10 months ago10 months ago

    Yes! I am not doubting it at all. I am just surprised at it being ice (even after reading the Wikipedia link)

    • shadmereEnglish
      330·
      10 months ago

      Though apparently only forms because of a fungus!

      • mihntEnglish
        550·
        10 months ago10 months ago

        If you can’t explain it or it’s weird as hell, it’s always a fungus.

        • faintwhenfreeEnglish
          80·
          10 months ago

          !The fungus shapes the ice into fine hairs through an uncertain mechanism and likely stabilizes it by providing a recrystallization inhibitor similar to antifreeze proteins!<

          I always find these interesting that we still haven’t figure out fungi fully.