Exidia nigricans
| Exidia nigricans | |
|---|---|
| Exidia nigricans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Auriculariales |
| Family: | Auriculariaceae |
| Genus: | Exidia |
| Species: | E. nigricans |
| Binomial name | |
| Exidia nigricans (With.) P. Roberts (2009) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Exidia applanata Schwein. (1832) | |
Exidia nigricans (common name Witches' butter) 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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