Friday, April 19, 2013

Wild Mushrooms of Ainsworth: Witches' Butter

Not 100% sure, but I think this is a baby specimen of Witches' Butter.

Witches' Butter
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Witches' Butter closeup

I found this out back of my house on a dead tree limb that had been lying in a stack of dead tree limbs.

According to my Audubon North American mushroom guide, Witches' Butter appears as an "irregularly lobed mass of golden jelly" on deciduous wood, and can be found year-round. I haven't got any lobes here, just dots; but an image search turns up a few similar pictures.

It is edible. (As usual, I didn't eat it.)

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