Anyone know what this is?

So I was just out on the north side of the house and looked to the edge of the woods and saw these yellow/orange berries. Except they were on Lacey oak and live oak trees.

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I've never seen anything like it. First thought was an egg sac of some kind. Most are on the center of leaves and are about the size of a cherry.

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I pulled a leaf off and took it to the backyard, showed @silversmyth, and we decided to cut it open.

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It was easy to slice in half, kinda like a firm grape. Inside, was a symmetrical web of fibers.

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I looked online and couldn't find anything like it. Hard to imagine an egg sac would look so much like a berry.

Any ideas?

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