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
Not quite a fungus but a result of one
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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TheBiscuitLout@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Thank you for posting this! I saw several examples of this during the recent freezing weather in the UK, and was confused as to what it was. I don’t recall having seen it before, but then I haven’t lived in a wooded valley during prolonged double-digit negative temperatures before either.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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
TheBiscuitLout@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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
vinter@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
Nice to see the real thing! Lots of people recently down south here in the states posting Verbesina and similar "frost flowers" producing plants during the freeze
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Oh nice! They look funky too!
SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
Nice pic, been a few years since I've seen any but always a joy to find ☺️