Deadmans Joy Fungus

Found in mostly temperate areas,Deadman’s Joy or Rottin Joy, is a gelatinous almost sticky like parasitic Fungus that occurs widely in deciduous and mixed forests and is widely distributed in the more temperate climates in the NUSA. This Fungus is similar to Tremella mesenterica or Witches Butter in both consistency and behavior as it is a parasitic fungus as mentioned before that most frequently can be found on dead but attached and on recently fallen branches of softwood trees, most commonly Birchwood.
However unlike Tremella Mesenterica, Rotting Joy does not have the common yellow-orange coloration that is common in Tremella, instead it takes on a more Blueish “Dead Man” color, hence the name Deadman’s Joy, Rotting Joy comes from the fungus’s habit of inhabiting dead trees.
Rottin Joy is known by many drug dealers or recreational smokers across the NUSA as the “The New Aged Hash” as unlike Cannabis hash which may take a long process to be turned into sticky wax, Rottin Joy can be turn into sticky wax you can smoke like cannabis hash simply by placing it by a open flame or extreme heat source, which in turn, turns the mushroom into a melting slime-like mixture, which can then be hardened and smoked.
It is unknown as to how or even why this little fungus does not loose its sticky properties or its potency after being heated up and then subsequently hardened. But it is believed to be due to the Fungus’s internal make up being altered by outside forces such as radiation or just basic composition that makes up the fungus. Potency highly depends on the age of the fungus. Within a few days after rain it dries into a thin film or shriveled mass capable of reviving after subsequent rain. This shriveled mass unlike dried Hemp is not as potent as the slime that occurs when the fungus is overheated. Certain people believe that like meat, the wood that it grows on may aid in flavor, as this fungus tends to not only grow on Birch, but also Hickory, Maple, Pine, Balsa and Douglas Fir, but also including Walnut, Aspen and Ashwood.
General consensus usually put Hickory and Maple as the told smoke. And it is not unheard of, of people mixing Maple syrup in with the fungus mixture to give it a sweeter taste.