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What organism is this? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago by X3N0T1CT to c/[email protected]
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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
[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago
[-] X3N0T1CT 8 points 2 years ago

yea but I meant the orange thing

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Orange tree

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Looks like a slime mold of some kind.

[-] X3N0T1CT 4 points 2 years ago

Can a slime mold be this big?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

A quick Google search said up to 30 square meters.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

It looks like a strangler fig with some orange mud on it.

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

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

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

Idk but the place totally looks like SEA

[-] X3N0T1CT 1 points 2 years ago

that is correct

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