Is this petrified wood?

[AnneLewis]

This was in my Grandfathers desk forever I had been told it could be worth money if it’s petrified wood

 

[buck8point]

Looks like a type of Shelf Fungus.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Maybe a fossilized sea shell? Try posting it in the fossil section. Good luck!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Is it heavy, like a rock, or light weight, like dry wood? And can you show a pic of the underside?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Looks like an bracket ("Artist's") fungus to me as well.

 

[AnneLewis]

It’s light not heavy I will take another picture

 

[AnneLewis]

here’s the back side

 

[A2coins]

yes looks like the shelf fungus I see alot

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

People with talent do amazing things on the bottoms of those.

 

[A2coins]

thats is really cool

 

[wainzoid]

Locally they call that punk. When I was a kid, adults would get a piece of that to burn and then use it to light fireworks all evening.. Burns very slow. Also was told that native americans used it to carry fire.

 

[AnneLewis]

Wow great info Thanks everybody!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Called a polypore. Like mentioned, it burns but very slowly. I used to work in a big machine shop and was kind of ornery. I'd take a piece of the fungus and light it and toss it under one of the women's CNC machine. It smelled like burning electrical wires and they'd call the machine repairman. YUK YUK. They finally caught me and shut me down. Gary