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  1. Fungi Including Lichens
  2. ›Basidiomycete Fungi
  3. ›Higher Basidiomycetes
  4. ›Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies
  5. ›Auriculariales
  6. ›Auriculariaceae
  7. ›Auricularia
  8. ›Auricularia auricula-judae
Jelly Tree Ear
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Jelly Tree Ear

Auricularia americana

Auricularia americana is a species of fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruitbodies} are gelatinous, ear-like, and grow on dead conifer wood. The species was formerly confused with Auricularia auricula-judae, which grows on broadleaf wood and is confined to Europe.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 356394.