King Alfred's cake

English

Etymology

From the resemblance of the round, black fungus to the burned cakes in a legend according to which King Alfred, hiding out in a countryside homestead during war, was put in charge of some baking cakes and accidentally let them burn.

Noun

King Alfred's cake (uncountable)

  1. The fungus Daldinia concentrica.
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