Hair ice

[Ecc233]

This is hair ice. It is a type of ice forming on dead wood and mediated by the fungus Exidopsis effusa. Sorry for the lecture, but I find it fascinating. We are seeing it quite regularly at the moment ... even in the garden on woody herbs.

 

[joayne]

Fascinating, Ed. It's not something that I have ever seen.. Thank you for the explanation, we all could use a little knowledge ..

 

[Capn Jack]

This is hair ice. It is a type of ice forming on dead wood and mediated by the fungus Exidopsis effusa. Sorry for the lecture, but I find it fascinating. We are seeing it quite regularly at the moment ... even in the garden on woody herbs.

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Aside from being a nice image, it is interesting- it isn't something I remember seeing. Thanks for the information!

 

[OhLook]

Add me to the queue as one who'd never heard of this.

 

[West Coast Birder]

Nice! As it turns out, I am currently reading (well listening to) a book on fungi. It is really good and I think was a bestseller in the Nature/Science category. It is called “Entangled Life” and is all about fungi.

 

[Lester Wareham]

This is hair ice. It is a type of ice forming on dead wood and mediated by the fungus Exidopsis effusa. Sorry for the lecture, but I find it fascinating. We are seeing it quite regularly at the moment ... even in the garden on woody herbs.

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Interesting find, I have heard of this and seen a video of it forming on a wildlife programme but never seen it.

 

[Ecc233]

We're seeing this regularly now. It must be a good year for Exidopsis effusa – which is strange, as it is a lousy year for other fungi.