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Started by csand, 09/01/2003 04:30PM
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Cal Sandfort
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I found this stuff growing on dead Juniper trees. Anyone know what it is?

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Posted 09/01/2003 08:44PM #1
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It looks like that stuff that grows on dead juniper trees smile Sorry for that..

By the way, nice photo Cal. I saw lots of this stuff when I rafted the Selway River in Northern Idaho, but I have no idea what it is.
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Posted 09/03/2003 03:52AM #2
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Alien nasal discharge?
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It's a lichen. Odds are with a good lichen book (don't laugh, they are out there), it could be identified. Whoever said it was a fungus wasn't far off--lichens are sybiotic combinations of fungi and algae.

The dark areas are the fruiting bodies.

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