The Wood Ear will show up any time of the year when conditions are correct, growing on hardwood. Unfused leaflettes. The tree is rooted with Exidia recisa (MW315) and Exidiopsis sp. Our two species, Auricularia fuscosuccinea and americana are not easily differentiated. Based Commonly clustered into the colloquial "Jelly ear" because it often looks like an ear cast in jelly. External characters such as colour, shape, and stipe presence were evaluated by eye observation. 2013). Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail) POLYPORES. Leafletes are close, but not clustered. Exidia recisa (Smooth Wood-ear) Tremella mesentica (aurantia) (Witch’s butter) CORAL FUNGI. I have a hard time telling the difference, luckily both are edible. The wood ear, also known as the jelly ear, is an edible mushroom found throughout the year, usually growing in clusters on logs, branches, and stumps of both coniferous and deciduous trees. Exidia, the generic name, means exuding or staining, and both seem appropriate because these jelly fungi do look like exudations when moist and like dark stains on wood when they dry out. ... Exidia recisa. They like cold, wet weather and will even fruit during warm spells in mid winter. Great video full of valuable information. Their size varies greatly, from 1 - 10 cm (0.5 -4") across, and they are attached to the substrate by a stemlike base. Stereum hirsutum. ... “Exidia recisa” photo by Dorothy Smullen. (FO46291). Often growing inches apart along dead or dying wood. They don’t have much, if any, flavor but the texture is very “crisp” and gelatinous. CRUST and PARCHMENT FUNGI. As in the jelly fungi, the basidia of Auricularia are within the fruiting bodies with just the ends of the sterigmata (and the spores) beyond the surface. The fresh fruiting bodies of species in the genus Auricularia are gelatinous and somewhat ear-shaped (hence the common name of Wood Ears, for they grow on wood). Take care. Reply. The wood ear mushrooms identified from the Kakamega Forest strains were Auricularia delicata and Auricularia polytricha and not Auricularia auricula as previously reported. Graswyn says: 04.10.2020 at 20:42 Hi Adam, happy New Year. O and thanks for the information on the fungi I sent you for clarification. Wood Ear Fungus. We were looking for a relatively common fungus, Exidia recisa (also called amber jelly, brown witch’s butter While waiting for some proper snow, my dog and I … Punctularia strigoso-zonata. Ramaria stricta. Exidia recisa KF297985 - Germany Ramaria rubella - JX287493 United States ... features of the collected wood ear mushrooms based on Looney’s monograph (Looney et al. How do you differentiate Wood Ear from Amber Jelly Roll (Exidia recisa)? The Brown Jelly Fungus forms smooth, irregular, wrinkled, brownish-black, somewhat erect gelatinous masses (fruiting bodies) during wet weather. ... Exidia recisa . Auricularia auricula. Stereum complicatum. The basidia are elongated, tapering at their ends and septate across their width. Exidia recisa. Antrodia albida.