A darning mushroom is a mushroom-shaped tool usually made of wood.

A darning mushroom is a tool which can be used for darning clothes, particularly socks.

That evening, instead of the party I am scheduled to attend, I am bent over my darning mushroom.

The cowry's smooth surface allows the darning needle to be positioned under the cloth more easily than when using a darning mushroom made of wood.

Amanda bent forward, picked up the sock and the darning mushroom and looked with amusement at the typical male botch James had been making of the simple job.

The officer juggled uncertainly with what had been resting on his lap, a holed grey sock with a wooden darning mushroom inside it and a needle dangling from the hole on woollen threads.