witch's butter

A form of witches' butter — Tremella mesenterica, a yellow, gelatinous fungus (yellow brain fungus, golden jelly fungus).

Meanings

nounwitch's butter (usually uncountable, plural witch's butters)

plural witch's butters

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of witches' butter.

    ... witch's butter mushroom essence will assist the sometimes painful journey to the underworld and soul connection.

    2016 July 19, Robert Rogers, Mushroom Essences: Vibrational Healing from the Kingdom Fungi, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 184
    3 more examples

    Witch's Butter (Tremella aurantia), Crystal Brain (Myxarium nucleatum), Black Jelly Roll (Exidia glandulosa) and Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces stillatus). Of the four of them, Witch's Butter is a parasite. It's also one of the[…]

    2015, Compiled by Mary K. Hanson for Tuleyome, A Compendium of Tuleyome Tales, Volume 2, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 38

    ... witch's butter (Tremella foliacea) is also quite widespread in the United States and can be used similarly. In traditional medicine, they are prescribed for soothing stomach ailments. They can inhibit Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium[…]

    2021 March 30, Christopher Hobbs L.Ac., AHG, Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide: Boost Immunity, Improve Memory, Fight Cancer, Stop Infection, and Expand Your Consciousness, Storey Publishing, LLC, →ISBN

    Witch's Butter (Exidia glandulosa); also known as black witch's butter. Common jelly fungus sometimes looks like a clump of ribbons but mostly it looks like glossy, golden-yellow or orange-yellow blobs .

    2024 March 8, Sandra Kynes, The Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants: History, Folklore, Correspondences, and Spells, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN
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