Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Auriculariales Family: Auriculariaceae
Species: Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Pat.
Synonyms: Auricularia auricula
Auricularia auricula-judae var. lactea
Exidia auricula-judae
Gyraria auricularis
Hirneola auricula
Hirneola auricula-judae
Hirneola auricula-judae var. lactea
Peziza auricula-judae
Tremella auricula-judae
Common Name: Jelly Ear
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Berberis (1)
Betula (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Elder (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Rhododendron ponticum (1)
Salix (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Sambucus nigra (1)
Ulmus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (14)
Woodland: mixed (13)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (11)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Improved grassland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1)
Boundaries: earth bank (1)
Bracken: continuous (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1)
Scrub: scattered, neutral (1)
Strandline vegetation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Bark (1)
Branch (1)
Dead Attached Branch (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Log (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stem (1)
Tree (1)
Twig (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (17)
February (12)
March (4)
April (11)
May (6)
June (5)
July (5)
August (11)
September (17)
October (46)
November (20)
December (11)