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Wood ear fungi
Auricularia
Auricularia is a genus of jelly fungi in the family Auriculariaceae. Preliminary phylogenetic studies suggest the Exidiaceae is closely related to Auriculariaceae - the two share many morphological traits. Fruitbody either resupinate or pileate and then either ear-to shell-shaped or forming narrow, imbricate brackets, flabby elastic or tough gelatinous; hymenial surface smooth, wrinkled or veined, often purplish. Basidia cylindrical, with 1-3 transeverse septa. Spores narrowly ellipsoid to allantoid, hyaline, smooth. Most Auricularia species are edible and...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Auricularia auricula-judae
complexAuricularia auricula-judae
Auricularia cornea
complexAuricularia cornea
Auricularia mesenterica
complexAuricularia mesenterica
Auricularia fuscosuccinea
complexAuricularia fuscosuccinea
Auricularia delicata
complexAuricularia delicata
Auricularia sp. 'PNW01'
speciesAuricularia sp. 'PNW01'
Auricularia sp. 'cornea-FL01'
speciesAuricularia sp. 'cornea-FL01'
Auricularia sp. 'RE01'
speciesAuricularia sp. 'RE01'
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.110
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.373
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.380
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.295
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.267
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.271
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.281
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.357
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.804
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.806
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.114
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.112
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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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 50817.