Believe this is the starting stage of this. Look at all the photos before you disagree. Starts out a white tapioca looking ball and turns in to the longer strands
On pine.
I think I see some characteristics of slime molds in this observation.
More images taken a couple of days later.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/211431710
Same specimen a couple of days earlier at:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/209421639
On leaf litter and twig.