 In Dutch, "heksenboter" refers to "witches' butter".In Latvian, the slime mold (amongst other slime molds) is called "ragansviests" as "witches' butter" or "raganu spļāviens" as "witches' spit" but it is unclear about the origins of these names.This species is known to trigger episodes of asthma and allergic rhinitis in susceptible people.