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Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Wettst., 1897 (Jelly Ear, The Jew’s Ear Or Judas’s Ear Fungus)

Notes (MWS)

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).

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Auricularia auricula-judae	Fruitbody	8 May 2004	Cambridge	England	6
Auricularia auricula-judae	Fruitbody	27 November 1999	Berks	England	10	6
Auricularia auricula-judae	Fruitbody	10 February 1980	West Sussex	England	3
Auricularia auricula-judae	Fruitbody	26 January 1970	East Norfolk	England	1
Auricularia auricula-judae	Fruitbody	23 December 1969	West Sussex	England	1

Suggested Literature

General Works

Ingold, C.T., 1990

The Ballistospore

Auricularia auricula-judae may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Auricularia auricula-judae is associated with:

fruitbody	Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Acer palmatum - Smooth Japanese-maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Ilex aquifolium - Holly (Aquifoliaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Hedera - ivies (Araliaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Berberis - barberries (Berberidaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Buddleja - butterfly bushes (Buddlejaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Sambucus nigra - Elder (Caprifoliaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [saprobic or weakly pathogenic]
fruitbody	Euonymus europaeus - Spindle (Celastraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Cornus sanguinea - Dogwood (Cornaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Laburnum anagyroides - Laburnum (Fabaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Juglans regia - Walnut (Juglandaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Platanus - planes (Platanaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Clematis vitalba - Traveller’s-joy (Ranunculaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Prunus laurocerasus - Cherry Laurel (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Salix - willows (Salicaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Pinopsida - conifers	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Picea - spruces (Pinaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on wood	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005