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Auricularia auricula (wood ear)

Photo by ethan crenson
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Field Notes

Description:

smooth red-brown ear-shaped mushroom. undersurface white with fine hairs and deep wrinkles.

Habitat:

on dead wood in Prospect Park Broolyn

Notes:

though typically fleshy these were dry.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
mylyoung
The Chinese folk in my lab use this* in dishes. It's quite delicious. *I should say they use something they call "wood ear".

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Mushroom Mapping
Photographed
PublishedNovember 16, 2010

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