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You can see the gills ok it and there are other types of fungi atop it. It's truly a magnificent and well preserved specimen and where I found it was in a rock bed of an apartment complex. I also possess a crystilized dragons heart if yall are interested in seeing that.
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My mom found this in the Black Forest in Germany when she was really little. This was over 60 years ago. Could it be a fossilized mushroom?
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My son found these in San Angelo. Anybody know what they are?
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Hi I am a newbie.But I always stumble upon some neat fossils while searching for arrow heads.i live in Ashtabula county,Ohio.It seems strange to me I found in a cornfield freshly plowed and right on top this fossil.And no arrowheads.
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Greetings. Location: Southern Washington State, in the Cascade Range, by a river. Geologic studies of the area suggest there was a massive landslide at this location over 1 million years ago. Present day it is a very wet area with lots of fungi. Material density and hardness appear identical to the petrified wood found at the same spot (highest concentration of petrified wood I've come across in the Cascade Range. I first thought it was wood until I noticed the direction of the lines seem to be perpendicular to how I'd expect tree rings to be. Reminds me of some sort of shelf mushroom, though I do understand any sort of petrified/fossilized fungus is extremely rare and unlikely. I look forward to your input.
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Hello all, my dad acquired this item. He was told it was a petrified mushroom. Has anyone seen one of these or can confirm? thanks for your help
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Fossilized mushroom--no, this time it actually is!
digit posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
We see a steady stream of "petrified mushrooms" here on the forum. Mostly they are pseudo-fossils which are the result of pareidolia. Sometimes they have a more rational explanation being things like worn down rugose (horn) corals with the coral septa being mistaken for the gills of the mushroom cap. Mushrooms are of course the fruiting body of a fungus which are largely composed of water (85-95%). The remaining solids are a few percent proteins and a similar amount of carbohydrates with less than a percent of minerals. Contrast this with bone material that is around 60-70% calcium phosphate in the form of calcium hydroxyapatite which is embedded in a mesh of collagen protein. The much higher mineral content explains why bones are all we have of most fossil animals. Teeth tend to be around 89% calcium hydroxyapatite with smaller amounts of calcium carbonate (4%), calcium fluoride (2%) and a smidge of magnesium phosphate (1.5%). The hardness and mineralization of teeth is the reason why teeth are the best preserved and most common parts of animals to be found as fossils. Members bringing pseudo-fossil "petrified mushrooms" here for confirmation will sometimes point to other erroneously identified pseudo-fossils as proof that mushrooms often preserve this way in the fossil record. A paleobotanist friend of mine happened to mention a paper documenting the remarkable occurrence of an actual fossilized mushroom preserved under incredibly exceptional conditions. It is, at present, the only documented fossil mushroom (fruiting body) known that is not preserved as an inclusion in amber. Amber is well known for preserving soft tissues and in addition to lots of insects and a scattering of other small plant and animal matter there are a few amber-preserved mushrooms. In order to document the exceptional (at present--unique) occurrence of this fossilized mushroom I thought I'd archive this paper here so we might refer to it in the future when trying to apply scientific principles to future pseudo-fossil "petrified mushrooms". This is a very brief paper written with a minimum of technical jargon and contains some lovely imagery. Hope you enjoy reading about this rarity. Cheers. -Ken Heads et al. 2017.pdf
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MAH01344.MP4 This is an interesting one, it has the structure of some modern polypore mushrooms, but with larger pores, the growth pattern on the top seems similar to the layer underneath the outer shell on a ganoderma applanatum, and the size and shape is consistent with that mushroom. Any ideas or identification tips? I appreciate any response.
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I recently ordered some decorative stones for my garden when one of them happen to catch my eye. Is this a petrified mushroom it is hard like a rock but has very defined gills.
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Hello ,we go to the callovien stage in october it was a good days we find some ammonites and mushroons
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Me and my wife found this rockhounding together in some railroad tracks. It looks like a mushroom cap and I've done some research and I am 80% confident it is a mushroom cap, but at the same time I'm a little doubtful being that mushrooms are so fragile. What would a mushroom have to over come and the middle, things would have to be just right I'm assuming to become petrified.
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I found this in in. Grove heights , MN. Where a huge amount of land was dug up and now is a construction site. I found it right after the ground was initially turned up . I believe it may of been old farm land or just unused land prior to the dig.
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Hi all. I spotted this in a load of 1 inch gravel I purchased from a landscaping company in Cincinnati, Ohio. My first thought was that it is a fossilized mushroom, but I'm no expert in identifying mushrooms or fossils. After reading through some of the other posts in this forum, I've learned they are extremely rare and are usually identified as coral. I now suspect that I have an eroded solitary rugose 'horn' coral based on the "A Mushroom??" topic also in the Fossil ID forum. The appearance is similar and it was found in the same'ish area, but I didn't want to just sit on it without at least having a more trained eye take a look. I hope this doesn't get tiresome for you, but what do you think, another coral specimen?
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I found this about 8 years ago in a dried up creek bed behind my house in the hills of Hayward, California in the San Francisco bay area, USA. We dug it out of some dry but soft sediment and I assumed I found a fungus/mushroom of some sort but now Im not so sure. I am a hobby collector and love it no matter what it is but I would love to have an actual identification. Thanks!
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I found this specimen digging in the Hampton Butte area of Oregon. It was found with typical pieces of petrified wood from the area. It looks very much like a polypore/conch. I know fossilized mushrooms are very rare but I’m stumped as to what else it could be. Thanks for the help!
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Found what appears to be a mushroom while arrow head hunting in Arkansas. Is this a mushroom? Is it valuable, and if so what is it worth? Thanks!
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My backyard find, a few miles north west of Long Beach. I found the smaller pieces (which appear to be mushroom, then hit a large rock, removed the rock and saw a corner of this sticking out. Still working on cleaning it with a soft brush as it is VERY fragile!
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This appears to be a fossilised mushroom. Seems unlikely, I know, but precedents have been found recently. It could be mushroom coral... I don't have a good camera phone, so I asked someone else to take the photos, I wasn't able to insist on following the forum rules for Id photos. Apologies. Found while digging in the garden. It was already broken. Australia, NSW, Eastern Tablelands.
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Was walking the shore this morning and came across this specimen. It’s hard like petrified wood. It seems like a mushroom cap... any ideas what it actually is?
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I found this in my garden when I was digging out an invasive weed. I was keeping some interesting stones in a separate pile to add to stone edging I have around a garden bed. I saw it, and even covered in soil, it looked interesting. I removed some dirt and saw it was really lovely. At first I thought it would be porcelain. After I removed more dirt I realized that it isn’t. Both sides are truly beautiful. It looks like a mushroom to me - the detail is amazing! I don’t know anything about things like this but came across your website as I was trying to find out more about my find. Any help and advice you can give would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
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I found this in a river in central Indiana. Looks like a mushroom to me but I'm interested in what you guys think.
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Anyone know what this could be?
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If I already submitted these photos, I am sorry. I am working from my phone. I found this on my friend's yard yesterday. I will send samples of all lighting I have used. The first photos are from inside, at night. Then one will be from outside in the daylight and another one will be from inside, during the day. I see a full mushroom fossil. On some sides it resembles the cap of a morel mushroom and then on one side there are gills of a mushroom. Let me know what you all see, I have found something but I am not sure what I have found.
