Auricularia auricula-judae

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: Sambucus nigra (40) Acer pseudoplatanus (14) Fagus sylvatica (9) Betula (4) Elder (3) Salix (2) Ulmus (2) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Berberis (1) Corylus avellana (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Rhododendron ponticum (1) Salix cinerea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (16) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (14) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (9) Woodland (7) Woodland: mixed, plantation (7) Woodland: broadleaved (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Scrub (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) 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) 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: Branch (35) Dead Wood (16) Tree (13) Fallen Branch (9) Bark (4) Dead Branch (4) Fallen Tree (3) Twig (3) Log (2) Wood (2) Dead Attached Branch (1) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen log (1) Soil Grassy (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Stem (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (17) February (12) March (1) April (10) May (6) June (5) July (6) August (9) September (20) October (50) November (20) December (11)