kmrakid Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Good evening to everyone, I am really very new to fossils and petrified items so I am at a loss as to what I may have and I need your help. My grandfather left me this piece when he passed away a few months ago and it was marked "Petrified Mushroom". I have included some photos for your review and if you have any questions please let me know. The mushroom, for lack of a better word, is about 22" long by 14" deep by about 3/8" in height. It weighs just about 74 grams and has a spot in the middle that looks like wood, it looks like it was cut or removed from a piece of wood maybe a tree. Any help anyone could provide would be extremely appreciated. If this is the wrong forum to ask about my item I deeply apologize, just let me know and I will remove the post right away. Thank you again and I hope everyone has a great week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 This looks like a typical fungus that grows on trees. I don't remember the name but is not a fossil. 3 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Hi, Recent mushroom / fungus : https://www.google.com/search?q=champignon+tronc+d'arbre&client=firefox-b&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=BA0kTNEaW3urIM%3A%2CqjXUgdemCHOgYM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kT7dzjjmhxSPLSMmZsf5THSt6N8Xg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO_NOvh4_gAhVOTBoKHdY1BCsQ9QEwAnoECAUQCA#imgrc=7G7TaBTnNRgf-M: Coco 3 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 recent shelf fungus 1 "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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Yes, we call them bracket fungi. That's a very nice specimen. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 This is a recent mushroom of the type that grows on dead wood. It is a large example, but not very old (geologically speaking). This type of fungus will often feel very hard when dried out. 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...
abyssunder Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I agree. Here's a similar one from my collection. Found almost forty years ago in forest, on a tree trunk which was cut. Not so vivid like yours, but somehow preserved. May be close to Ganoderma. 3 " 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...
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