Edited by Richard Walker, Tuesday, 4 Oct 2022, 00:35
It’s very beautiful and resembles frost crystals, or perhaps some kind of mineral formation (although I suppose ice is a mineral, thinking about it). But what you see here is a fungus, the ‘urchin earthfan). My brother took the photograph.
What is this?
It’s very beautiful and resembles frost crystals, or perhaps some kind of mineral formation (although I suppose ice is a mineral, thinking about it). But what you see here is a fungus, the ‘urchin earthfan). My brother took the photograph.
There’s a good article about this fungus here
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/thelephora-penicillata.php