Exidia glandulosa

Exidia glandulosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: Auriculariaceae
Genus: Exidia
Species:
E. glandulosa
Binomial name
Exidia glandulosa
(Bull.) Fr. (1822)
Synonyms
  • Tremella arborea Huds. (1778)
  • Tremella atra O.F.Müll. (1782)
  • Tremella glandulosa Bull. (1789)
  • Tremella spiculosa Pers. (1796)
  • Exidia truncata Fr. (1822)

Exidia glandulosa, commonly known as black witches' butter, black jelly roll, or warty jelly fungus, is a jelly fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. It is a common, wood-rotting species in Europe, typically growing on dead attached branches of oak. The fruit bodies are up to 3 cm (1.2 in) wide, shiny, black and blister-like, and grow singly or in clusters. Its occurrence elsewhere is uncertain because of confusion with the related species, Exidia nigricans.

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