What organism is this? (thelemmy.club)

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

Could it be just mud with iron bacteria that's dripped on the tree?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Agree. Its almost certainly mud.

[-] X3N0T1CT 3 points 2 years ago

That might be it, this photo was taken near a river bank where there are streams of slow running water

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-oxidizing_bacteria

The shade of orange is pretty distinct I think.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

The dude from primitive technology is going to make that into a knife

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