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X3N0@thelemmy.club to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

What organism is this?

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What organism is this?

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

    • AttackBunny@lemmy.world
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      Agree. Its almost certainly mud.

    • X3N0@thelemmy.clubOP
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      That might be it, this photo was taken near a river bank where there are streams of slow running water

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

        The shade of orange is pretty distinct I think.

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

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    tree

    • X3N0@thelemmy.clubOP
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      yea but I meant the orange thing

      • Alf@lemmy.world
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        Orange tree

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    Looks like a slime mold of some kind.

    • X3N0@thelemmy.clubOP
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      Can a slime mold be this big?

      • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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        A quick Google search said up to 30 square meters.

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

  • TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world
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    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

  • diprount_tomato@lemmy.world
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    Idk but the place totally looks like SEA

    • X3N0@thelemmy.clubOP
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      2 years ago

      that is correct

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