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Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Wettst., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 207 (1886)

Tremella auricula L., Sp. pl. 2: 1157 (1753)
Tremella auricula-judae Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 9: tab. 427, fig. 2 (1789)
Gyraria auricularis Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 594 (1821)
Exidia auricula-judae (Bull.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 221 (1822)
Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk., Outl. Brit. Fung. (London): 289 (1860)
Hirneola auricula (L.) H. Karst., Deutschl. Fl. III (Pilze): 93 (1880)
Auricularia auricula-judae var. lactea Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 207 (1886)
Auricularia auricula (L.) Underw., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 15 (1902)
Hirneola auricula-judae var. lactea (Quél.) D.A. Reid, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 55(3): 440 (1970)

Habitat: Saprotrophic or perhaps weakly parasitic. On wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly Sambucus nigra but also on Acer campestre, A. palmatum, A. pseudoplatanus, Berberis spp., Buddleja davidii, Clematis vitalba, Cornus sanguinea, Eleagnus spp., Euonymus europaeus, Fagus, Fraxinus, Hedera, Juglans regia, Ilex, Laburnum anagyroides, Platanus spp., Prunus laurocerasus, P. spinosa, Salix and Ulmus spp. Rarely on conifers such as Picea spp.

Notes: Very common and widespread. The var. lactea is an unpigmented form, not otherwise distinct.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 39759; Scotland: K(M) 81760; Wales: K(M) 81743; NI: K(M) 81696; ROI: K(M) 81699; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 81726

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 262
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 54, pl. 7
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 97

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