How amazing would it be to see one of these in the wild? Lion's mane or bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) is quite rare, and will grow on dead/dying wood as well as parasitically on living trees. It is also apparently edible with a slightly fishy taste and has medicinal properties such as the potential to heal nerve damage.

As you can see, this took a LOT of i-cord. I've been working on it for weeks! I would love to make a huge one at some point, but don't I say that about every form that I make? Once this project is finished I will probably pick out a few to focus on in more detail and at a larger scale. Thank you for your patience while I cranked this one out... more fungi is to come for this week!

This structure was knitted as part of my 52 Forms of Fungi project, through which I will knit a different type of fungi for every week of 2013. Check out more of the forms from this project.