#tree ear

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Mushy forest walk

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Wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula)

On an early November foggy morning (2021)

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Wood ear bursting free.  Auricularia auricula is edible. I occasionally harvest and dry young pristine specimens. I add thin strips to soups for texture. If you’ve eaten “hot and sour” soup chances are you’ve consumed a very similar fungus, Auricularia polytricha (not pictured), common in Chinese medicine and cuisine. Follow this link for an image of the Chinese variety. 

Too cute and cozy looking, I only captured their portrait. Near Jefferson County MO, May 2020.

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Jelly ear tree fungi(Auricularia auricula-judae)

Mushrooms on the cortex of trees after the rain.

On a foggy December morning (27/12/2021)

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Oct 2023

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