Here's an interesting article discussing cyanobacteria that have developed rope building skills in three different genera:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116203140.htm
This specimen could also qualify for the title "rope parasite". I've hesitated posting these images because I don't know ~exactly~ what it is. The braided or twisted intertwined long filaments are either fungal or bacterial or both.
It started as a small odd "blob" that drew out of my skin while using parasite Paste(recipe in my backposts). The white filaments grew ~after~ I'd put it in a container and set it aside for a number of weeks. Still it's only about 3/4 in. long, and to see it without the microscope you'd never think it was anything but a little piece of string, but on closer inspection you can see that is not the case...
Red, White and Blue fibril "hotspot":
End of the single long strand:
Comparison of similar fungal growths:
