Strange growth...
This is on some Sedum and looks like it is fairly aggressive. I suspect it may be fungal in nature but I haven't a clue. Do any of you have an inkling?
Pieter
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Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoThanks for piping up, Frankie! While I live on the Wet Coast, it hasn't been overly wet. It got removed basically upon discovery, the worst by far was the sedum but there were signs of it on a couple sempervivums as well and those too were dispatched to the garbage.
Here's a picture I took just minutes ago where you can see some of the remnants on the gravel.
Now I know there are still remnants I'll take a knife, scrape it off and onto a sheet of paper for a macro shot, stay tuned!Pieter
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