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.

  • @Madison420
    33•1 year ago

    It says in the article it can persist for days.

    • @cosmicrookieOP
      30•1 year ago

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

      • @shadmereEnglish
        33•1 year ago

        Though apparently only forms because of a fungus!

        • @mihntEnglish
          55•1 year ago

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

          • @[email protected]English
            8•1 year 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.