whatisthisthing·What is this thing?byX3N0 What organism is this?View original on thelemmy.club39Comments15
JJontique lemmy.world4Hide 4 repliesCould it be just mud with iron bacteria that's dripped on the tree?30
X3N0 replythelemmy.club2Hide 2 repliesThat might be it, this photo was taken near a river bank where there are streams of slow running water2
pplanetaryprotection replykbin.social1Hide 1 replyhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-oxidizing_bacteria The shade of orange is pretty distinct I think.10
ccrypticthree replylemmy.worldThe dude from primitive technology is going to make that into a knife12
TTheIvoryTower lemmy.worldYou might get an informed answer if you upload it to https://www.inaturalist.org/, provided you can tell them where the photo was taken5
Could it be just mud with iron bacteria that's dripped on the tree?
Agree. Its almost certainly mud.
That might be it, this photo was taken near a river bank where there are streams of slow running water
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-oxidizing_bacteria
The shade of orange is pretty distinct I think.
The dude from primitive technology is going to make that into a knife
tree
yea but I meant the orange thing
Orange tree
Looks like a slime mold of some kind.
Can a slime mold be this big?
A quick Google search said up to 30 square meters.
It looks like a strangler fig with some orange mud on it.
You might get an informed answer if you upload it to https://www.inaturalist.org/, provided you can tell them where the photo was taken
Idk but the place totally looks like SEA
that is correct