We continue the theme of mineral life forms with the example of stone mushrooms. As usual, I give comparative examples from the world of crystals for clarity.
If the examples given earlier can be attributed with a stretch to weathering and water erosion, then the following ones have clearly grown and have nothing to do with volcanoes, floods and other cataclysms, although winds and other influences, traces have also contributed.
Discard bookish dogmas, trust your eyes and listen to your inner feelings, pictures will tell their own story (and if you wish, you can write it for future generations))
The most interesting forms are found in North America, in particular Arizona:
Any doubts that this has grown?
Siderite carbonate spherolite crowning calcite crystal on the wall of amethyst geode:
Promotional video:
It turns out that sand is the same substrate for mountains, as soil is for mycelium and mushrooms!
Pay attention to the structure of the stone leg and compare with the mushroom:
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Yosemite National Park, California:
Manganoan Calcite.
Here we have signs of the frame construction of matter, which was previously seen here.
Let me remind you:
That is, we have a mushroom gene mixed with a crystal lattice:
Here are the mountains that are almost ripe:
They grow, as you can see, in layers, floors:
And in the beds:
California. Navy Beach, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra.
A few examples from the world of crystals to illustrate the processes involved:
Photos of stone mushrooms are taken from sibved below.
Renon's Earth Pillars are presented. Italy, server Alps, Cappadocia and some others.
Sulfur, calcite.
Micro level: An image of the underside of a leaf showing the various trichomes (outer outgrowths) under a microscope. It is believed that they protect the leaf tissue from overheating, from damage by insects, and also help to reduce moisture evaporation and remove salts from the leaf tissue:
Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico USA:
Curly Griffin (Mushroom Sheep) (Grifola frondosa):
Mushrooms.
Here a petrified tree was lifted up by a growing mushroom stalk:
And then it was overgrown with it. An interesting method of absorbing the remains, isn't it?
A prismatic crystal of dark green tourmaline overgrown and trapped by pink apatite. A vivid example of fouling and capture of crystals of one mineral by a growing crystal of another mineral; this is how most types of inclusions are formed. An interesting fact: the capture of obstacles by the faces of the growing crystal occurs selectively - some particles are captured, while others are repelled:
Could it be someone's ancient countertop?)
An intergrowth of topaz crystals, cloudy from inclusions of volcanic glass. Near the head there is a dark pseudomorphism of hematite along the almandine crystal:
Aquamarine:
Every atom of the universe has a characteristic of life. The more complex the combination of atoms, the more complex the expression of the characteristic of life.
The arrangement of atoms in a stone is very simple, therefore life in a stone is so simple that we cannot see it. A cat is a very complex arrangement of atoms - therefore, life in it is quite obvious. But life is in everything, even in stone, and even when we are unable to see it.