ScandinavianBleu Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Is this a petrified or fossilized mushroom? I found it on our lakeshore in Ottertail county Minnesota . I have looked on the web and have found out that mushrooms are rare . Would love some ID help . I would also like to know what the difference is between fossilized and petrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Sory but you don't have any fossil there. Keep looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Not a mushroom. Possibly a septarian nodule/concretion. Most fossils in your area are more likely to be sea floor type critters, rather than land based. Keep looking. Regards, 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Very rare to find a fossilized mushroom but here is one in amber just posted a short while backhttp://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66955-mushroom-in-amber/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Welcome to the forum. I'd say your shroom is perfect for this thread. Be sure to add it to the list. :-) http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66738-it-looks-like-ano-and-i-am-sure-it-is-ano-but-is-is-not-a/ Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Petrified == turned to stone (usually the original organic structure has been preserved) Fossilized == It could be a cast, mold or trace, as well as petrified. Tony PS I see a rock too. 2 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) "Continental glaciation formed the landscapes of Otter Tail County. Bedrock in Otter Tail County is covered by 200 to more than 400 feet of Wisconsin glacial deposits. Glaciers moving as lobate rivers of ice advanced across the survey area many times and from several different directions."-University of Minnesota Geological SurveyYour going to find what I typically find in my area of Wisconsin. A whole lot of nothing but glacial deposition. Most of the glacial rock is granite with sandstone and dolostone. However, on occasion you can find rocks completely embedded with fossils. Here is one I found after we had 6 foot holes dug for concrete bases. Measurements are in inches Keep hunting they're there!!!!!! Best regards, Paul Edited July 26, 2016 by Raggedy Man 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 A good discussion on the term fossilized and petrified from a few years back http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/32150-difference-between-fossilized-and-petrifiedand-other-stuff/?hl=petrification#entry354091 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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