Pixelfed test
Orange goo (no relation)
Strange goo on evergreen
It's a fungi! Maybe Dacrymyces Palmatus or a Gymnosporangium Rust.
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/cedar-apple-rust/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacrymyces_chrysospermus
I think you might be right. This is how it looked later.