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Mysterious “hair ice” is formed by fungus (2015)
- menzoic 8y agohttps seems to be redirecting to http. At least on mobile.
- Sendotsh 8y agoYup, on desktop too, even with HTTPS Everywhere on Firefox.
- cwkoss 8y agoI wonder if/how the fungus is somehow gaining an adaptive advantage from this. Would this assist in spore distribution? Prevent excess heat loss?
- edholland 8y agoIt's quite possible that this is just a spectacular side effect of proteins the fungus produces to prevent ice crystals forming within its cells.
- angrow 8y agopreviously: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22hair%20ice%22&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22hair%20ice%22&sort=byPopula...
- dmix 8y agoThis article is incredibly light on details. This either needs a better link or it's not really HN worthy.
- stevespang 8y agoNo video link.
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- doitLP 8y agoI first encountered these last year walking through the woods around Austin. There was no snow so they were very visible amid the brown backdrop and exquisitely beautiful. They all formed around the base of a particular type of pithy stalk plant, just like as shown in the video. The ice is very delicate and the merest touch can detach it. By 10am it was all melted.
- standeven 8y agoIn a previous career I was a surveyor who spent lots of time in the forests of British Columbia. One day I encountered hair ice but didn't realize what it was; I thought it was just awesome looking ice. So I licked it. Immediately I realized from the taste and texture that it was not ice but some sort of weird forest growth and I gagged. There were no side effects but it tasted awful!
- i_feel_great 8y agoYou licked a polar bear?
- goldenkey 8y agoMight have been a snow horse: https://youtu.be/O3rpmctmC_M https://youtu.be/O3rpmctmC_M
- rkagerer 8y agoTimely! Just saw some of this in a nearby BC forest a few days ago.