Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa (Bulliard) Fries    Synonyms: Black Witches' Butter.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Tremellomycetes   >   Order Tremellales   >   Family Exidiaceae   >   Genus Exidia   

Description:

Fruiting body: Blackish; irregular shapes fused into a mass; shiny; flesh gelatinous; usually covered with peg-like warts (use a hand lens). Microscopically indistinguishable from E. nigricans; however, Woehrel and Light (2017, p. 107) state: fruiting bodies of E. glandulosa "nearly always retain their discrete identity," while E. nigricans coalesces into a black, wrinkled mass (J. Solem, pers. comm.).

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Found on hardwoods.

There are 98 records in the project database.

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Black Witch's Butter in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/18/2019). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (4/23/2010). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Howard Co., Maryland (1/6/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/13/2019). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter fruiting bodies in Howard Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Howard Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). Enlarged section showing peg-like warts. Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Wicomico Co., Maryland (5/2/2013). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Howard Co., Maryland (3/24/2020). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Howard Co., Maryland (2/12/2017). Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/3/2016). (c) eaglebeach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/1/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter spores collected in Howard Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). Sausage-shaped, smooth, hyaline; measured 11.2-13.8 X 3.7-4.4 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/11/2020). (c) Rin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by rinwolfe via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Spores of Black Witch's Butter in Howard Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Prince George's Co., Maryland (2/4/2019). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/24/2020). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Harford Co., Maryland (10/31/2020). (c) smuller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Carroll Co., Maryland (3/26/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Black Witch's Butter in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)


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