What is "horodyskia"

Horodyskia is a fossilised organism found in rocks dated from to . Its shape has been described as a "string of beads" connected by a very fine thread. It may also have had a series of holdfasts along the bottom of the thread.

Comparisons of different fossils in the same locations suggest that it re-arranged itself into fewer but larger main masses as the sediment grew deeper round its base.

Horodyskia has been considered an early metazoan, and a colonial foraminiferan. These alternatives are now considered less likely than a Geosiphon-like fungus ( Glomeromycota, Archaeosporales).