I got help here on Lemmy to identify what this is. It turns out it's ice, that forms on dead wood but not the bark and is initiated by a fungus that lives there. Very interrsring reading
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Oh heavens. I thought it said hair LICE and thought that was a disgusting close up of the flakiest scalp and most confusing hair follicles ever.