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Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 month ago
I found Tradescantia to be named “wandering jew” (link to Wikipedia) but I can’t find any etymology for Auricularia except for the fact that it’s ear-shaped.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 month ago
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
It’s “Judas Iscariot” but the “escariot” made me think “Judas Escargot.”
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
So, di it used to be “Jew ear”?
Plum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Huh. Chinese been calling this wood ear for idk for how long. Delicious fungi.
Triumph@fedia.io 1 month ago
Don't the traditionally racist depictions of Jews also include large ears?
Plum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s a whole myth thing about the wandering jew that pops up a lot in media…
But “inch plant” is the preferred nomenclature for tradescandia.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 month ago
I think so. But these are two different species, one is a flower the other is a mushroom
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
mushrooms are flowers
Plum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fungi aren’t flowers in the same way that human beings aren’t flowers.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Never understood why Wandering Jew would be problematic as it’s simply a myth. Anyone tell me what I’m missing?
Greddan@feddit.org 1 month ago
Swede (not the vegetable) here. People with a victim complex will often take any reference to themselves that aren’t universal praise, as an attack/insult. Goes double for weird ethnocults.
Dragonstaff@leminal.space 1 month ago
“People with a victim complex”
Gee…I can’t imagine why Jewish people might feel put upon. Thank God we have a Swede who really understands oppression who isn’t afraid to stand up for naming plants after racist caricatures.
bishoponarope@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Swedes are delicious
o2wtf2o@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It’s a myth that has been used by antisemites, culminating in use in the Nazi regime to Other the Jews (including an art exhibit and propaganda film). There have been plenty of calls from the Jewish community to get rid of the name.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thanks!
Plum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_nigricans
I can only presume.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 month ago
Good find
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Named because it’s black and ear-shaped. This is not the smoking gun.