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Witch's Butter (4)
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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
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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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