Auricularia auricula-judae

Records of Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus) :
1: Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)
8 May 2004	OSGR: TF40	52° 40’ N, 0° 10’ E	Vice County: Cambs (VC 29)	England
2 fruitbodies on cut end of live Apple trunk

2: Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)
27 Nov 1999	OSGR: SU57	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on Elder

3: Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)
10 Feb 1980	OSGR: SU82	51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W	Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13)	England
on Elder

4: Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)
26 Jan 1970	OSGR: TG10	52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E	Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27)	England
on Elder

5: Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)
23 Dec 1969	OSGR: TQ11	50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W	Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13)	England

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Henrici, A.	2007	Notes and Records (April 2007)	Field Mycology Vol 8 (2): 70-72, Rear cover.
Ingold, C.T.	1985	An extended view of the basidium	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (2): 127-129.
Preece, T.F.	2000	White Jew’s Ear fungus in Shropshire	Mycologist Vol 14 (3): 112.

Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AURICULARIALES
(an order of jelly fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)

A very common "jelly fungus" usually growing on dead branches of Sambucus but found on a variety of other broad-leaved trees especially Fagus.

An ear-like jelly fungus that is characteristic of dead branches of Elder (Sambucus nigra) but can also be found on other types of wood, especially Beech (Fagus). The english name derives from Judas Iscariot ("The Jew") who was said to have committed suicide in remorse, by hanging himself from an Elder tree (which thereafter became the stunted shrub we know).

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Species	Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)
Genus	Auricularia (a genus of jelly fungi)
Family	AURICULARIACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	AURICULARIALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quél.
(Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear, Judas’s Ear Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Auricularia auricula-judae is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)