From a distance it looked like something man-made, maybe a piece of trash stuck in the tree trunk by a human.
Fortunately it turned out to be nature-made.
And quite bizarre looking, sort of like a lava flow.
A close up view of the strands:
Flowing Fungus
Nice find. That’s Lion’s Mane or Bearded Tooth fungus.
http://mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Hericium_erinaceus.html
Thanks, and thanks for the ID, Steve. Lion’s Mane fits it perfectly!
This is amazing! I’ve shared on twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploringColour/status/1332836004059705344
It was pretty weird looking, Liz! Thanks!
I have never seen anything like that before, nice!
Thanks! I’ll sure be on the lookout for it now.
That is so strange looking Ellen, but yet so cool looking close up. 🙂
Yes, and part of me wanted to touch it, but in the end decided to leave well enough alone!
Oh my gosh – that looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book!
Oh, yes, definitely in that odd-weird category!