Orange Goo

[BlackSheep]

I decided to do a walk-about on the lower forty; checking for any downed trees and damage from the storm. I discovered a strange- wet, jelly like "Orange Goo" growing on the side of a cedar tree-YIKES!!
Did some research and found out this alien looking fungus is "cedar apple rust" (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae).
It's an interesting fungus-it has to go back and forth between hosts (cedars and apples) to survive. Which is why the old timey remedy, if you're trying to grow apples, is to just cut down all the cedars! I think this finally explains why my 2 apple trees bear blighted fruit!
Do you have this on any cedar tree on your property?
I can't seem to attach a pix of the tree in my yard but, this is what the stuff looks like!

 

[kwillia]

We found some the exact same stuff over the weekend. We don't have any apple trees, but our neighbors a mile or so away do.

 

[desertrat]

I decided to do a walk-about on the lower forty; checking for any downed trees and damage from the storm. I discovered a strange- wet, jelly like "Orange Goo" growing on the side of a cedar tree-YIKES!!
Did some research and found out this alien looking fungus is "cedar apple rust" (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae).
It's an interesting fungus-it has to go back and forth between hosts (cedars and apples) to survive. Which is why the old timey remedy, if you're trying to grow apples, is to just cut down all the cedars! I think this finally explains why my 2 apple trees bear blighted fruit!
Do you have this on any cedar tree on your property?
I can't seem to attach a pix of the tree in my yard but, this is what the stuff looks like!

Interesting, ya' learn something everyday.

 

[BlackSheep]

We found some the exact same stuff over the weekend. We don't have any apple trees, but our neighbors a mile or so away do.

The spores released from that goo travel 2-5+ miles-sorry for your neighbor ifn they have apple trees.
Also found "spikey-gooey orange tentacles that are about 2"long coming out of brown galls" on another cedar tree-similar to the pix below-EKKKK

 

[pixiegirl]

Gross! I have that fungus in the yard last year that looked like sea foam.

 

[kwillia]

The spores released from that goo travel 2-5+ miles-sorry for your neighbor ifn they have apple trees.
Also found "spikey-gooey orange tentacles that are about 2"long coming out of brown galls" on another cedar tree-similar to the pix below-EKKKK

That is EXACTLY what we found in our try on Saturday and it wa really freaky... We have since destroyed them...

 

[BlackSheep]

That is EXACTLY what we found in our try on Saturday and it wa really freaky... We have since destroyed them...

I read the only way to really get rid of this fungus is to cut down all the cedar trees in that 2-5 miles radius-that's not happening.
Another option is Bordeaux (fixed copper spray) spray-10-10-100 formula, but dang it, the apple trees produce the spores after they are infected then send it back to the cedar trees-a vicious cycle!

 

[desertrat]

There's a fungus amongus!

 

[BlackSheep]

Gross! I have that fungus in the yard last year that looked like sea foam.

I think that stuff is called "dog vomit fungus" -not really a fungus but a slime mold. Was it in mulch?

 

[BlackSheep]

There's a fungus amongus!

Haven't heard that since the 8th grade!!

 

[pixiegirl]

I think that stuff is called "dog vomit fungus" -not really a fungus but a slime mold. Was it in mulch?

No it was on the ground, in the grass.