Mushrooms Ear Judas

Ear Judas (Auricularia auricula-judae) - fungus, almost cosmopolitan distribution . It grows everywhere,apart from a few northern countries . Refers to saprotrophs it, but it can also parasitize on branches and trunks of elderberry, prickly acacia, maple, alder, beech, etc. . d . In the US, most often grows on pine trees . fruiting bodies - a bowl-shaped cave-like ear, adherent side to the tree, gelatinous-elastic . In dry weather, these mushrooms arefragile and brittle, but after wetting acquire original shape and texture . profusely growing groups, particularly in the autumn and winter frostfree . Ear Judas - edible mushroom, very popular in China and Japan, where he prepared a variety of salads and side dishes . Most Chinese restaurants in Europe has it on the menu . Hirneolaauricula-judae has light brown or brownish-yellow fruiting bodies of a width of 3 - 10 cm . The surface of the gray-brown, velvety . Hymenium - shte shining brown, mottled with veins and smooth . Spore print whitish . Basidia cross-separated . Spores colorless, 13-23 / 4 - 8 mm .