Exidia nigricans

warlock's butter

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-10-26.

Smooth, located on the outer surface, forming a gelatinous mass, dark brown to black in color

Irregular, lobed or ear-shaped, gelatinous, dark brown to black, becoming darker and more opaque as it matures, surface wrinkled when dry

N/A (Hymenium forms the external surface of the gelatinous body)

Absent

Spore print white (microscopic spore mass)

Saprobic, on decaying hardwoods, in damp, shaded environments, individually or in overlapping clusters, autumn to winter and early spring

Inedible, due to its tough, gelatinous texture

Fruit body small to medium, directly attached to substrate, often forming overlapping lobes

Composite blobs, typically 2 to 15 cm across

Odour indistinct

Spores allantoid, smooth, 14-19 x 4.5-5.5 µm, inamyloid.

Common jelly fungus with a black, gelatinous, lobed appearance

2009). Mycotaxon 109: 220.

Laiaküla raba, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

Deciduous forest, on hardwood mossy log

59°28'00.5"N 24°53'22.9"E

🔆 Full overcast, forest shade