What is this?

[BiscuitNaBasket]

(From another thread.)

Anaconda. No doubt. Absolutely an Anaconda.

You're killin it today!

 

[halfmileharry]

Now I knew nuts grew on tress but....

"WalNUTS?

 

[MadMan66]

my side hurts!

 

[Andy219]

According to two folks on Facebook, it's a sap bubble. Now I googled sap bubbles and haven't found any that even look remotely like this.

 

[T.Lex]

Ok - serious response. The color seems more like a fungus that I've seen on mulch beds.

Check this out:
Amazing fungus on crab apple tree, Northdown Street, Kings Cross | Kings Cross Environment

 

[Andy219]

It wasn't a sap bubble. With the help of a long rusty screw driver, I have essentially neutered my tree. I have a short video processing to upload the procedure for your entertainment. It was filled with a thick pink pudding-like substance. I believe it was some type of fungus.

 

[T.Lex]

You are ignoring me now, aren't you.

[sniff]

 

[Andy219]

Lol, no. I looked up that fungus, but this was less of a mushroom type and more balloon like. It was soft to the touch, almost like a really thick water balloon.

 

[Phil502]

I don't know what it is, but watch out bending over to rake leaves around that guy.

 

[Andy219]

I've never posted a video through photobucket, so hopefully this works.

I have successfully neutered my tree using a long rusty screwdriver. Now the images may make you cringe, but I thought, for educational purposes, I'd share the procedure with you.

[video]http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt36/Rocko375/5282E954-6F12-4D5D-A52C-25C712A0CB6C.mp4[/video]

i guess a link to the video must suffice, I cannot embed it here. I'm sure it can be done, but I'm not tech savy enough to make that happen.

 

[Rookie]

Did you put your gun against it for old time's sake?

 

[Andy219]

Lol, no guns were used. Although I did think about shooting in with the BB gun, but didn't want a nasty coated bb to ricochet back at me, lol.

 

[CHCRandy]

It went from looking male like to looking like...........well, anyhow.

 

[Hoosierdood]

What kind of tree is that? Looks kinda like a hardwood.

 

[Andy219]

I believe it's a type of maple tree. But I'm not sure.

 

[slowG]

Its missing a branch ...

 

[gunworks321]

Looks a lot like a wood ear. (uhh.. used in oriental cooking and said to increase libido! Well, maybe not, just threw in that last part.) Had you left it alone, it would have turned hard!

 

[Trigger Time]

So this is what they mean by "grow a pair". You have a balls tree!

 

[Andy219]

For those who are interested, I believe what this was, is called Wolf's milk Slime Mold.

 

[printcraft]

Brazilian nut tree.