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Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
It’s “Judas Iscariot” but the “escariot” made me think “Judas Escargot.”
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
So, di it used to be “Jew ear”?
Plum@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Huh. Chinese been calling this wood ear for idk for how long. Delicious fungi.
Triumph@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Don't the traditionally racist depictions of Jews also include large ears?
Plum@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I think so. But these are two different species, one is a flower the other is a mushroom
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
mushrooms are flowers
Plum@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fungi aren’t flowers in the same way that human beings aren’t flowers.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Swedes are delicious
o2wtf2o@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Thanks!
Plum@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_nigricans
I can only presume.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Good find
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Named because it’s black and ear-shaped. This is not the smoking gun.