Magnus23 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Just need some advice on this fungus if it is fungus I believe it's a mushroom it's hard as a rock and weighs about 40 lb any help would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus23 Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 It won't let me put the pictures on here saying that they exceed the 3.95 megabyte anyway I can reduce it to show the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Magnus23 said: It won't let me put the pictures on here saying that they exceed the 3.95 megabyte anyway I can reduce it to show the photos Welcome to TFF! There is a picture size limit for each posting. Sometimes refreshing the page is needed to upload additional pictures. 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...
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ynot Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Looks like weathered limestone with some shell pieces in it. Definitely not a fungus. 1 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...
Magnus23 Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 It came off a tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 This reminds me of tree root burl. 4 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I think limestone with a bit of iron staining and some shell fragments. Fossil fungi, except for spores, are extremely rare. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus23 Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Yeah I don't think it's limestone cuz it was falling off the tree and I helped it I was thinking it was those big white mushrooms that grow on trees it was found up north in Massachusetts just wondered why it was so heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Magnus23 said: It came off a tree Why would You think it is a fossil. Fossils are found in the ground not growing on trees. Last picture shows it is part of a burle, as Innocentx said. 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...
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Innocentx Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Take a chisel to it and many questions will be answered. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus23 Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 (edited) I work with a lot of wood and this was just different it almost look like a mushroom I have worked with Burl before and this just had a different texture on the inside. I have to say though I just signed up for this forum and got responses within two minutes you guys are great thanks for all the help and advise Edited April 30, 2018 by Magnus23 Mispell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus23 Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 I tried to Chisel but it barely touches it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 +3 for burr . Deformed growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Magnus23 said: I tried to Chisel but it barely touches it Burl wood is often much denser than regular wood. This can make it heavier and harder. 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...
Bronto Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 It is a fungus that is soft when immature. If they grow massive- like this one. They get more woody. It is not a fossil or limestone. They grow on decaying wood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Possibility of some sort of critter dwelling. I thought burl too but it reminds me of something I saw a few days ago but the scale is different. I'll get a picture of it later if it already hasn't been found out by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 The specimen, in the second picture, definitely shows borings in wood and the visible texture of it is wood. ....................................................... It could be regenerated wood of a trunk after an injury, in my opinion. (I've just seen what is burr/burl/bur. Good ID, Innocentx !) 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 23 hours ago, Bronto said: It is a fungus that is soft when immature. If they grow massive- like this one. They get more woody. It is not a fossil or limestone. They grow on decaying wood. The reason they are able to get so hard may be the same thing that gives them a limited fossilization potential. There is actually a fairly good record, considering. Chitin is involved if I recall correctly. We have had examples of fungi debated extensively to in the end be judged modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 1 hour ago, abyssunder said: The specimen, in the second picture, definitely shows borings in wood and the visible texture of it is wood. ....................................................... It could be regenerated wood of a trunk after an injury, in my opinion. (I've just seen what is burr/burl/bur. Good ID, Innocentx !) It was trying but it lost the fight. When a limb that size dies the sap wood (cambium) that fed it from directly below dies in a small triangular area. As you suggest the tree does grow a scar to cover the whole thing, but there is an opportunity for for spores to be implanted. The look of the knot that is exposed does not look like a healthy scar. By the way this is one thing that I am an actual pro at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Woodsplitter sectioning of a successful scar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I think its a species of polypore. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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