Montana8 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I found this mushroom-shaped thing on a beach in New Zealand. I have no idea what it is; the stem is crazy long. It seems petrified. But apparently polypores can be super hard, so maybe that's what it is. But the stem seems much too long for a polypore. Or maybe it's a bolete? Still, the long-stem seems unlikely. I also found a short-stemmed (or broken-stemmed) similar item on the same beach. I posted pictures of it in a different fossil id post. Thank you for any pointers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 ! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Kelp with the thing on the end being a weathered holdfast? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I also see a holdfast here. Some sort of very dessicated seaweed? 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 5 hours ago, will stevenson said: Kelp with the thing on the end being a weathered holdfast? 5 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: I also see a holdfast here. Some sort of very dessicated seaweed? My assessment as well. I'll bet it's pretty lightweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montana8 Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 Here's the other surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 It's still dried out kelp. The holdfasts are pretty woody looking. I found a dried up Sea Fan on the beach many moons ago and I still use it as decoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Hi, Montana8. Your item is as say the other forumers an holdfast. Fossilized mushrooms' sexual apparatus is very rare. Besides the bolete don't have such a stem. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 one more for sea weed with holdfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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