An unobservant passerby will often overlook
Hericium coralloides

growing on a dead tree, believing it to be a burst waterpipe within the stump where the water froze overnight. However, microscopic examination of the fungus' 'teeth' or spines reveals the absence of any frozen Santa Clauses inside, distinguishing them from an icicle.
By artificial light

The many aliases of the organism include "Coral spine" or "Comb tooth" fungus; fungus icicles; hedgehog toadstool, where the comparison assumes that Spiny Norman has turned albino and is hanging upside down; and
Pekepekekiore, which is Maori for "tentacle-toothed abomination from another dimension".
To me it will always be the
"Get in Mah Belly Mushroom".
Daylight, part eaten
The term "Lion's Mane fungus" is also attested. It follows beyond the shadow of a doubt, and with geometric logic, that there must exist corresponding
Bald Shorn Lion fungi.
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