Auricularia auriculajudae    (Bull.) Quél. 

common name(s) : Jelly Ear, Jew's Ear, Tree's Ear 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Auriculariales/Auriculariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Phragmobasidiomycetes/Auriculariales/Auriculariaceae  

synonyms: Hirneola auricula, Hirneola auriculajudae, Auricularia sambucina, Auricularia auricula, Auricularia auricula-judae, Auricularia auricula-judae 

edibility : edible

photo gallery of Auricularia auriculajudae
photo gallery of Auricularia auriculajudae potential confusions with Auricularia auriculajudae toxicity of Auricularia auriculajudae genus Auricularia  

The fruiting body is ear-shaped or irregular cup-shaped, downy on the upper side, smooth, veined and shiny on the other side, with a veined, ash-grey to olive internal surface, the external surface being red-brown to black.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, in broad-leaved woods, on elder, beech, locust.

The fruiting period takes place all year long.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 6 cm (between 1 and 12 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Auricularia auriculajudae is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Auricularia auriculajudae in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Auricularia auriculajudae in the forest of Rambouillet



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