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• Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • Plum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_nigricans

    I can only presume.

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    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good find

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Named because it’s black and ear-shaped. This is not the smoking gun.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    danieljamesgreenwood.com/…/fungifriday-december-j…

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    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s “Judas Iscariot” but the “escariot” made me think “Judas Escargot.”

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    • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So, di it used to be “Jew ear”?

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  • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don't the traditionally racist depictions of Jews also include large ears?

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    • Plum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think so. But these are two different species, one is a flower the other is a mushroom

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Never understood why Wandering Jew would be problematic as it’s simply a myth. Anyone tell me what I’m missing?

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    • Greddan@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • o2wtf2o@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve seen people update tradescantia to “Wandering Dude”.

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