Otidea bufonia (Pers.) Boud.
(Toad’s Ear)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOtidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
GenusOtidea (ear fungi)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear) :
1: Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
10 Oct 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - freshImage 2: Fruitbody - fresh (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - half driedImage 4: Fruitbody - outer surface - close-upImage 5: AsciImage 6: Asci (2)Image 7: AscosporesImage 8: AscusImage 9: Ascus (2)Image 10: Ascus (3)Image 11: Ascus tip showing lidImage 12: Outer excipulum cells showing encrustationImage 13: Outer excipulum cells showing encrustation (2)Image 14: Outer excipulum cells showing encrustation (3)Image 15: ParaphysesImage 16: Paraphyses (2)Image 17: Paraphyses and asci in hymenium
2: Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
20 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in grass at edge of concrete
Image 1: Close-up of outside of fruitbodyImage 2: Old fruitbody - side viewImage 3: Side viewImage 4: Side view (2)Image 5: Side view (3)Image 6: Side view (4)Image 7: Side view (5)Image 8: Top view
3: Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
28 Sep 1975 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ

Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
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