Tiered Tooth
A great find on our fungi foray was this fine specimen of tiered tooth, Hericium cirrhatum, growing on an old sallow. The Latin name refers to a hedgehog due its spiny appearance but, to me, it looked like a miniature frozen waterfall with its hanging spines resembling tiny icicles.
There are only four previous Dorset records of this unusual wood-rotting fungus that is usually associated with damaged or fallen beech trees.
National Trust Purbeck Wildlife 
October 16, 2014 at 3:38 pm
It looks like a frozen waterfall – very beautiful