Fascinating! He quotes a description of something I've seen before in NW Washington, but could never explain: >". . . ice-excrescences of soft, brilliant, asbe

Fascinating! He quotes a description of something I've seen before in NW Washington, but could never explain: >". . . ice-excrescences of soft, brilliant, asbestine appearance, and uncommonly delicate to the touch. . . ." Saw it on a hike, growing from logs. Very soft to the touch. I would compare it to cotton candy, but the strands in cotton candy are more heterogeneous and less organized.