>> so either a tree or a parasite growing on it..
That may help others ID it. And it makes it more interesting!
BTW, GREAT close-up photo! You should submit it to the next photo contest.
There is a Photography Forum here, but they got far too technical for me, early on.
It looks like you know what you're doing with a camera!
Now that I go back and look, it seems like recent traffic is much more social and less technical. Oh, well!
http://garden.org/forums/view/...