Animal, vegetable or mineral?

A second point is available for correctly identifying exactly what type or species this is in addition to answering the original question...

Yesterday was egg cups, BTW and a bunch of people got a bunch of points.

So, these abstracts are boring me senseless BTW, and judging by my views comments lately, I get that they're boring my followers too and in just 4 sleeps from now, I'll be back in the big city with a bazillion cool things to photograph, so I'm going to end the comp early this Monday and abandon Abstract April in favour of whatever cool things I can find to shoot in Melbourne. I hope everyone's ok with that?

6.0 points - @carolinedreams
5.0 points - @kazzamazoo @fueast
4.0 points - @bobfoto @kjarn @johnnyfrs
2.5 points - @maggie2
2.0 points - @robert5d @bobbyj @tamsg4 @janmaki @nlaurie
1.5 points - @denisedaly
1.0 point - @miley89 @kerristephens @revjoel @albqshutterbug @jenirainbow
0.5 point - @bubbaloooo @peterdegraaff @sharonaddison @northy @pearlgirl @sobefree @paulaag

[Maggiemae]

I'm first! It's animal? And one of those things that snails have on their backs!

[Brad Johnson]

Alien. Actually, I vote fungus. Shiitake?

[Pam Hawkes]

Vegetable. fungi

[Tabbycat]

@carolinedreams @kazzamazoo @fueast @bobfoto @kjarn @johnnyfrs @maggie2 @robert5d @bobbyj @tamsg4 @janmaki @nlaurie @denisedaly @miley89 @kerristephens @revjoel @albqshutterbug @jenirainbow @bubbaloooo @peterdegraaff @sharonaddison @northy @pearlgirl @sobefree @paulaag

[paula goff]

mushroom or toadstool!

[Margaret Tryon]

Looks like fungus to me. Is that vegetable? I'm not sure what kind, and I have enjoyed this Tabitha. I'm not good at it...but I enjoy it anyways.

[Maggiemae]

@bradsworld ooh, I think I'll change to shitake too!

[Caroline]

The edge of a shell? Mineral.

[Peter de Graaff]

Looks like tree fungus

[Jani M]

I go for tree fungus too

[Bobbyj]

I like the processing and textures!

[John]

Animal, oyster or clam thingy, cool processing.

[Jason Daniels]

Wood fungus. Or a woody as we call 'em in Horticulture world...

[alia_801]

Fungus! Nice textures :)

[Carly]

is it turkey tail mushrooms? looks like mushroom to me?

[Stacey]

Fungus that could double as a flemenco dancers twirling skirt.

[Francesca Jayne Hart]

Clam shell?

[Francesca Jayne Hart]

And animal obviously (If it is a Clam & not a bracket fungi)

[Aysha]

vegetable...?

[Matthew Ballew]

totally gonna say some shrooms