Something is growing out a bull horn??

Question

Okay this sounds rather odd, however it is no lie. I have a bull horn, it is like a decorative piece and something like a fungus looking thing makes holes through it and like fungus dangles on the outside.. does anyone know what this is?or have any ideA?

Answer 1

Bull horns and fingernails are made of keratin, which is a protein, and nutritious for plants, which like nitrogen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin
says the athlete's foot and ringworm fungi live on keratin.

http://individual.utoronto.ca/jscott/Keratin-azure.pdf
is a technical paper, listing lots of possible culprits, and
how to test if they can really eat keratin.

http://www.hooked-on-nails.com/naildisorders.html shows
pictures and descriptions of several human finger/toe-nail problems.

(Googled fungi keratin animal horn)

You might try athletes foot or ringworm treatments, like lamasil AT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fungicides