First thoughts was "Is it an Asian Hornet nest?" Unfortunately my zoomed in photo was a tad blurred.
However on our return visit, doing the walk again with friends Gaynor and Tim, I took a better zoomed shot...
This looks very much like a tree growth...
The $64,000 question is... Is it? And, if so, what causes it?
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It certainly looks like a tree growth...
it looks similar to ones that can be found on beech trees....
and to a much lesser extent hornbeam.
But this looks like acacia...
not a tree I know much about...
other than if you have one...
you have a problem.
On the beech it is caused by very minor damage, usually by insects, that results in the xylem [wood*] and cambium [bark*] growing both ways...
on a beech it results in a growth that can be broken away from the tree...
and then stripped of the bark...
leaving a wonderful hunk of decorative wood.
Turners seem to love them as much as knotty boles...
I have a very small one from a beech tree attached to the keyring of the '56 2CV...
ask me next time you are over here.
I have had that little ball of wood since 1969!!!
Susan will probably know the insect/insects...
over to you, Susan...
* to be over simple about it!
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