Witches' Butter

Black, gelatinous fruiting bodies that were button-shaped and 1-2 cm across. The fruiting bodies grew in clusters some had coalesced to form irregular masses that resembled blobs of jelly.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful, never seen a black species!
On a side note: I'm not going to give this record the "Witches' butter" common name, because that name seems regional. For example, in the Netherlands (and maybe other parts of Europe) it refers to "Fuligo septica" or even an entire group of species. Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Interesting Ferdy, thanks - I had no idea. Posted 7 years ago
2. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  Indeed - out here on the west coast witch's butter is also the common name for 2 different yellow jelly fungi species, that look quite alike, but are unrelated Tremella mesenteric and Dacrymyces chrysospermus Posted 7 years ago
3. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Interesting, a thoroughly used common name it is. Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      That is interesting. Apparently the common name is really quite common. I can think of better ones though - maybe "Black Blob" or "Black Jelly", lol. Posted 7 years ago

The Exidia nigricans

''Exidia nigricans'' is a jelly fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. It is a common, wood-rotting species throughout the northern hemisphere, typically growing on dead attached branches of broadleaf trees. It has been much confused with ''Exidia glandulosa''.

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Similar species: Auriculariales

Species identified by Christine Young