A fossil within a bracket of fungi...!

[Harrison2604]

Look what I've just come accross!

 

This has gotta be one of the rarest things I've ever seen?

 

No idea what the fungus is. It wasn't attached to its host, it was lying next to a stump and has been there for quite some time I would imagine.

 

Give me your thoughts, I don't know if this is a real fossil, but its still pretty cool!

 

Maybe hama could give me a heads up on what fungus this is by looking at these pictures as I'm not quite sure

[Sam Thompson]

Now that's cool.

 

Wonder how it got there, think it was put there? I'm sure the Hamster can shed some light on it

[Harrison2604]

Now that's cool.

 

Wonder how it got there, think it was put there? I'm sure the Hamster can shed some light on it

 

Absolutely! Yeah so do I, the thing is I found it in a field on private land in a clear felling site so it's not as if many people are around that area to be playing with fake fossils or even real ones. I'm rather confused myself.

[rowan lee]

Thats nuts - looks like some class of these bad boys perhaps

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I would say a very aged G. australe bracket and an amonite, a large one!

 

cool

[Harrison2604]

I would say a very aged G. australe bracket and an amonite, a large one!

 

cool

 

I was thinking along the lines of ganoderma! Thanks

[rowan lee]

I would say a very aged G. australe bracket and an amonite, a large one!

 

cool

 

Another palaeontologist!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Another palaeontologist!

 

found my first fossil on the beech at lyme regis:thumbup1:

[rowan lee]

I missed our uni's class annual field trip to lyme regis. The bug people used to love this place. seems to be a good place for finds alright. Not quite the 'burgess shales' of places but not bad.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I missed our uni's class annual field trip to lyme regis. The bug people used to love this place. seems to be a good place for finds alright. Not quite the 'burgess shales' of places but not bad.

 

I thought Lyme regis was classed as the richest U.K region for fossils?

 

It is certainly the place to go if you want to find an amonite, they are all over the place there, and the two fossil/mineral shops in the town are superb places to have a look.

 

They had two amethyst catherdrals when I was there last always wanted one, stunning geological things.

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