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Hair ice
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Hair ice
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Hair ice

Hair ice

Exidiopsis effusa

A species of Exidiopsis, Also known as Frost beard

The fungus that forms hair ice grows among cracks in the bark of dead trees. It is one of the few organisms that can fully digest the cellulose in wood. The iconic "hair ice" is not actually fungus but a result of the fungus' interaction with the wood and water that appears when temperatures drop below freezing. Each strand of ice contains traces of the fungus's metabolic waste products.

Odor
Odor:

Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.

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Attributes of Hair ice
Height
2.5 - 5 cm
Spore Print Color
White, whitish, cream
Odor
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
Growth Form
Gregarious
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic
Substrate
On wood
You can find Hair ice by these plants:
European beech, Oaks

How to Identify Hair ice

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Habitat of Hair ice
Grows on dead tree trunks and branches of broad-leaved trees
Scientific Classification of Hair ice
Phylum
Club fungi
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Class
Mushroom-forming fungi
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Order
Auriculariales
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Family
Auriculariaceae
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Genus
Exidiopsis
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