Elsbels Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I found this fossil in our drive and i think it looks like a mushroom!is it actually a fossil of a mushroom?? front back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Hi there, and welcome to the forum! If what you have there is indeed a fossil, it is likely not a mushroom - they rarely fossilize. It is more likely that you have a coral of some sort, although the "back" of the specimen doesn't really look coral-like... Let's see what the others have to say... Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PamT1377 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Hi!! It looks like a mushroom coral. Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Welcome to the forum. Can you give a location and add a ruler for scale, this will help identification. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said: Welcome to the forum. Can you give a location and add a ruler for scale, this will help identification. Agreed, although location might be harder to pin down as she mentioned finding it on her driveway, and so it might be imported gravel from... who knows where. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Kane said: Agreed, although location might be harder to pin down as she mentioned finding it on her driveway, and so it might be imported gravel from... who knows where. My bad. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Just now, JohnBrewer said: My bad. Well, not so much... It is possible that the gravel can be traced to somewhere. I wouldn't think it likely that they would ship it in from the furthest possible point. It might be a reasonable first assumption to make that it is locally derived, and so location may give us a clue - or at least give us something to rule out if this type of fossil is not local to the area. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 It could also be a "button" coral. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbels Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Thanx for all the replies! We are on the the edge of the Cotswolds and the stones came from a local merchant, Cotswold tool hire, I think? it is only small and the top sort of curls in under it but I can't get a good picture showing it this is why I thought it was a mushroom and the lines on the top, I also thought the middle in the back could be the stalk? But I don't know enough about fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Id say throw it into a fry pan with a bit of butter. Yum. Looks like coral though. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 it is a nice button coral. Similar to this one from the Cretaceous. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 It's probably a Middle/Upper Jurassic one - maybe Chomatoseris (which used to be called Anabacia). Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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