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Witch's Butter
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Copyright: Tairi Tappo (uduputuk) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 28 W: 24 N: 41] (220)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12
Categories: Fungi
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/60 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-12-18 14:14
Viewed: 969
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Hymenomycotina
Class: Heterobasidiomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: T. mesenterica (English name: yellow brain fungus, golden jelly fungus, witch's butter: Estonian name: kollane kõhrik)

Occurrence on wood substrate: saprobic; clustered on decaying deciduous wood; year-round
Dimensions: fruitbody 2.5-10 cm wide and 3-4 cm high
Description: brain-like to multilobed gelatinous mass; pale yellow to orange-yellow, dark orange on drying
Edibility: edible
(source)
Comments: According to some eastern European legends, this fungus appears on your gate or on the entrance to your house when you have been put under a spell by a witch! The only way to get rid of the hex is to prick the witch's butter with straight pins, which makes the inner juices of the fruiting body leak out, killing the fungus, thus allowing you to live your life witch-free once again.

NB! See a whole branch covered with the same fungus in WS.
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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 758 W: 57 N: 595] (6125)
  • [2006-12-18 16:14]

Bonsoir,
Beaux champignons trés spectaculaires.
Bonne soirée.
clnaef

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  • sgo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 136 W: 35 N: 241] (716)
  • [2006-12-20 10:00]

Hi Tairi,
Thank you very much for a very good illustration of this species of fungus and for making the effort to produce a complementary WS version too! It's nice to be able to see this fungus in its environment, here sharing its habitat with the Hypogymnia physodes lichen. The effort you put into the note is also exemplary! A very valuable contribution altogether, bringing forward the best of what should be considered the true mission of TN,
With best regards,
Goran

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