I’ve seen people update tradescantia to “Wandering Dude”.
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I’ve seen people update tradescantia to “Wandering Dude”.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 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.
Plum@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_nigricans
I can only presume.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Good find
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Named because it’s black and ear-shaped. This is not the smoking gun.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
danieljamesgreenwood.com/…/fungifriday-december-j…
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
It’s “Judas Iscariot” but the “escariot” made me think “Judas Escargot.”
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
So, di it used to be “Jew ear”?
Triumph@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Don't the traditionally racist depictions of Jews also include large ears?
Plum@lemmy.world 2 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 2 weeks ago
I think so. But these are two different species, one is a flower the other is a mushroom
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 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 2 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.
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.