Amur maple roots

[conniebonsai]

Does anyone know what is on the tips of the roots of this amur maple

 

[DaveNuts]

Hard to tell from the pic, but looks like the growing tips to me

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Yep, growing tips

 

[conniebonsai]

ty so much idk why it looked so bad to me when i saw it