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Cloud ear fungus

Auricularia polytricha

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Field Notes

Notes:

Maroon fungus growing in a dead log. Velvet like surface. The insect in the second picture is a bonus.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
KarenL
I do try - but get it wrong more often then not! :)
Sergio Monteiro
In the other hand, the site shown bellow says that both names, wood ear and cloud ear are both used for the same fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae. That is why I usually leave the naming to people who knows how to do it!!! . http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/apr2004.html
KarenL
It also looks a lot like one of my recent spottings - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8080496

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PublishedDecember 28, 2011

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