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Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) |
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Habitat on branches of frondose trees, usually elder. Season all year,
especially autumn. Edible. Distribution: America and Europe. This very
unusual, edible mushroom is actually what the chineese use in their hot
and sour soup. |
Description:
Jelly Ear
Fruit body 3-8 cm across, ear-shaped, gelatinous when fresh drying hard
and horny, outer surface tan-brown with minute greyish downy hairs,
inner surface grey-brown, smooth, or often wrinkled and ear-like. Spores
white, sausage-shaped, 16-18 x 6-8 μm. Basidia elongated cylindric with
three transverse septa. |
Wood Ear, Judas's Ear fungus, Jew's Ear, Cloud Ear Fungus (Auricularia polytricha) |
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Cloud ear fungus (Auricularia polytricha, Hirneola polytricha) is an
edible jelly fungus. Normally found on dead wood or on dead parts of living trees.
It is edible and often used in Asian cooking. It is usually sold
dried and needs to be soaked before use. While almost tasteless, it is
prized for its slightly crunchy texture and supposed medicinal
properties, including its newly discovered anticoagulant properties. |
Description:
It forms
flabby cup or ear-shaped brackets of a dull grey-brown color, becoming a
blue-grey color as they age. |
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