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What is it? - Because I Don't Know!

09/13/2015 9:29 PM

Tearing down my father-in-law's cabin on the river (middle USA) I saw this 'nest'? At first I thought of termites, but did not see anything on line like this.

The brown part looked like the fur from a vintage teddy bear. Then there were orange/red globules of ?nectar?

Really saw no other insects around ....

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09/13/2015 9:49 PM

Loops like a fungus. Are there conifers near the cabin?

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09/13/2015 10:34 PM

There are cedar trees near. This was on a stringer under 3-4+ layers of flooring inside and old building. Nearly no air source......

Do you think a bug from the cedars??

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09/13/2015 11:03 PM

I suspect it is the fruiting body of a mycorrhyzal fungus that often forms a symbiosis with conifers.

It might be of the genus Hydnellum, or something similar.

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09/13/2015 11:13 PM

This must be the hairless variety.....

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09/14/2015 2:34 AM

Either that or just at a different stage of maturity/decomposition.

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09/14/2015 9:09 PM

No surprise it is a fungus.

The cabin has been flooded several times over the many years and I know mold is in the walls. Thus the reason for our current destruction!! (face mask in place)

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09/13/2015 9:50 PM

You found fluffy! She's been missing for 20 years!

MMmmooooo....

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09/14/2015 7:25 AM

Cat barf
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09/14/2015 9:05 AM

It does look a bit like a fur ball!

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09/14/2015 3:40 PM

Stemonitis fusca fungus

What you have may have expired.

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09/14/2015 6:49 PM

Here is a link to an article about the fungi Hydnellum peckii and Hydnellum ferrugineum (pictured below).

http://greenbard.hubpages.com/hub/Strawberries-and-Cream-the-weird-fungus-Hydnellum-peckii

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