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Warlock's Butter

Exidia nigricans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 352, February 260, March 407, April 640, May 923, June 1,006, July 1,077, August 926, September 680, October 508, November 277, December 217.
United States8,128
Alaska7,272
Germany337
Russia282
Finland186
Austria172
New York162
Canada154
Pennsylvania152
Ontario146

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Jelly fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically jelly fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderAuriculariales
FamilyAuriculariaceae
GenusExidia

Sources

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