Species:
Auricularia auricula-judae
Scientific name:
Auricularia auricula-judae
Arabic name:
فطر آذان الحطب
French name:
Oreille de Judas, Oreille du diable
English name:
Wood ear, Black wood ear, Black fungus, Jelly ear, Tree ear
Habitat:
On dead wood (including dead parts of living trees, but never living wood).
Surrounding vegetation:
Broadleaf
Ecological niche:
Saprobic on decaying hardwood sticks, logs, and stumps.
Chromosome Number:
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Genome size:
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Cap:
Fruiting Body: Wavy and irregular; often more or less ear-shaped but sometimes oval, elliptical.
Gills / pores:
No gills, the slightly hairy surface produces spores.
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Stem:
No stem, the fruiting body is attached to the substrate directly, by the edge or by the middle.
Dimensions:
No gills, the slightly hairy surface produces spores.
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Color(s):
Brown to reddish brown surface, entire fruiting body becoming hard and black when dried out.
Texture, other traits:
Gelatinous-rubbery.
Spore print
Spores
Distribution
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