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Published: 2016-12-31 22:47:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 186; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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Hair ice, which is formed because of the fungus (Exidiopsis effuse). This identification was made by mladenigor ! Thank you so much for passing this knowledge onto us!!! If you want to learn more about this amazing phenomenon, mladenigor supplied a link as well! www.sci-news.com/biology/scien…
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That is so true! The mysteries that we find are simply amazing!
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Crazy isn't it? I had never heard of it before. I was shocked when I found out what it was.
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Me neither! It makes me wonder whether we have it here in the UK
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I am sure you do, it is common on many trees under the right conditions!
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Wow this is so strange.. I have never seen nything like it! Great find and capture!
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It was new for me as well, I almost fell walking and looking up at it. It confused me so much, for a moment that I forgot to watch my step!
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Yes... I have heard of this but never seen it... until now! AWESOME!!
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It is even crazier in person!!! I had never even heard of it before.
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Very special, I never seen this before, great picture
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It was a first for me as well, I have to update the info now. I had a friend ID it for me
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Thank you for the info dear Ed
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Thank you so much my friend, and Happy New Year!
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Beautiful but don't touch it .....could be the prelude to and Alien invasion!!!
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LOL I swear I was thinking about the old 1978 version of "Invaders of the body snatchers" w/Donald Sutherland! That is exactly what it reminded me of!!! LOL Thank you so much! Happy New Year!
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I adore the Genre..... love the B+W version the most! Happy New Year!
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That's Exidiopsis effusa - mushroom
read more on this link:www.sci-news.com/biology/scien…
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Thank you so much! I appreciate the ID!!! I hope you have a very Happy New Year!
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Wow amazing shot! It looks like cotton candy or coconut shavings!
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Thank you! It was about 5 meters up in the trees, it was the only clump that I seen. I was just fascinated with it!
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You're welcome! It is truly fascinating!
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It looks a bit like a slime mold fruiting bodies... but I'm not sure. mladenigor , mossagateturtle or Oniroid might help.
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I will have to see if they have any ideas, it is the first time I have ever seen it. My first search today found nothing, but it was a quick look. Thanks for pointing me in a good direction!
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Thank you!!! It looks so soft I wanted to pet it and get a better look.
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I've never seen anything like this before! It looks like hair!!!
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That is what I thought as well! It really looked like fur to me, at first I thought it was an animal. It was kind of high up. It almost looked like a white weasel when I first seen it.
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I bet it did! I think it would have caught anyone's eye!
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