The blobs

[Ron Evers]

After a rain our Juniper trees get orange jelly-like masses all over them. Strange looking stuff. Here are a couple pics of some on a Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana L)

 

[LaFoto]

"Digital Flower" might know what this is. I have never seen anything like it, I'm afraid. Is it sticky?

 

[KmH]

Contact a mycologist. It's likely a fungus.

Looks kind of like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aecidium_magnellanicum.jpg

From this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus

 

[mwcfarms]

Great shots but gross lol. Is it sticky that would make it grosser.

 

[Ryan L]

fungus! Get that lens back! Fungal jelly has to be contagious. lol
never seen anything like it.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Looks like a blooming onion having a bad hair day


Cool subject and nice shots of it.

 

[Ron Evers]

Thanks for your comments folks.

Yes a fungus; I was once told it was what caused Apple rust & Junipers were the host plant but a Biologist on another forum refuted that.

It is not so much sticky but more slimy. There are thousands of these on a single tree but disappear as the tree dries.

Edit:

It is apparently Cedar Apple RUST not scab as I had previously thought.