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From: Jenica Hopkins
City: Quincy, IL
After a recent rain we noticed several orange jelly like tentacles protruding from small balls in our evergreen tree. Is this an early form of bag worms or is it a beneficial aspect of the tree itself. If you would like I can e-mail you a photo. Several of the balls are the size of golf balls while others are as large as baseballs. They are absolutely disgusting in appearance.

 
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From: Sandra Mason
State Master Gardener Coordinator
Champaign/Ford/Iroquois/Vermilion Unit
slmason@illinois.edu
HI Jenica, sounds like one of the cedar rust diseases. It is a fungus. it is disgusting looking but they will soon dry up. usually we tell people not to worry about it. Check out this website for more info and pictures. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/focus/cedarrustdiseases.html Sandy

 
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