Chaga? (lemmy.nz)

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Never seen one that large if so

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[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

I'm not an *ologist of any kind, but it looks like a tree knot to me

https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=61663

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's a burl (basically tree cancer), and any woodworker would give you their right arm for one that size.

[-] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

It’s not really cancer tho. Some trees reproduce through burls, such as sequoias (redwood). The burls contain seedlings that sprout when the tree falls or spread with flooding or forest fires. photo of a redwood with a burl taken in Muir Woods, Mill Valley, CA

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Looks like burl wood

[-] JoMomma@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Chonka

[-] DoctorSpocktopus@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Doesn’t chaga only grow on dead birch trees?

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