New Members Laurance Posted Saturday at 05:55 PM New Members Share Posted Saturday at 05:55 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted Saturday at 06:05 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:05 PM I can understand why you think that this might be a mushroom, but unfortunately it is not. The "cap" is an interestingly shaped mineral vein, probably calcite, although I think I might be seeing a bit of beekite on it, and the "stem" looks to be a coarse sandstone or limestone. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted Saturday at 06:07 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:07 PM (edited) Some areas of the part that resembles the "cap" look like a fenestrate bryozoan but just a bit off. It's not a mushroom, although I can see the resemblance and completely understand why you might think it is. Edited Saturday at 06:08 PM by Mark Kmiecik fix typo Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Laurance Posted Saturday at 06:09 PM Author New Members Share Posted Saturday at 06:09 PM Thank you. I didn’t see how a mushroom could fossilize in such good shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian James Maguire Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM My first thought was bryozoan also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM (edited) 3 minutes ago, Laurance said: Thank you. I didn’t see how a mushroom could fossilize in such good shape. Fossilized mushrooms are VERY VERY VERY EXTREMELY RARER THAN RARE. This is one of the better imitators and worth collecting. Mushrooms turn into unidentifiable very quickly. I would campare it to spitting on the ground and hoping it will fossilize. Edited Saturday at 06:16 PM by Mark Kmiecik Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted Saturday at 06:21 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:21 PM To me the "cap" actually looks like a brachiopod valve with beekite. As others said, the "stem" seems to be sedimentary rock and fossil hash. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted Saturday at 06:22 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:22 PM The "cap" looks like weathered brachiopod shell, and it has some beekite replacement. 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted Saturday at 06:22 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:22 PM Just now, Thomas.Dodson said: To me the "cap" actually looks like a brachiopod valve with beekite. As others said, the "stem" seems to be sedimentary rock and fossil hash. Snap! 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted Saturday at 08:48 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:48 PM I'll go along with Tarquin's assessment now that I've studied this closer. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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