It is orange and the texture is like the bottom of a mushroom and it's all over these two branches of wood I have. I don't know what the wood is but the orange thing is all over it and I need to identify it for a science project.
2006-10-05 11:42:51 · 3 answers · asked by HorseCrazy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
This is a case of a Lignin saprophytic fungus, they are specialized on DEAD wood, so those branches you talk about must have been hanging there for a long period of time.
2006-10-05 14:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not a fungus or mushroom (mushrooms are fungi). It is a lichen, a type of algae that you see growing on trees. It doesn not hurt the plant.
Lichens can be a variety of colors, but in your case, yours is orange! Look up lichens on google scholar, you'll get a lot of information there!
2006-10-06 02:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by plantmd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just tell tour teacher its orange crap because someone eat to many oranges
2006-10-05 11:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋