Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

Wood Ear

Auricularia auricula-judae

Spanish: Oreja de Judas

Wood Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)
Photographed by charmainet on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Bli Bli, QLD, AU, not near La Saladita

Auricularia auricula-judae, known most commonly as Jew's Ear (alternatively, wood ear, jelly ear, or by a number of other common names), is a species of edible Auriculariales fungus found worldwide. The fruiting body is distinguished by its noticeably ear-like shape and brown colouration; it grows upon wood, especially elder. Its specific epithet is derived from the belief that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from an elder tree; the common name "Judas's ear" was largely eclipsed by the...

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Auriculariales › Auriculariaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records41,630 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Wood Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/auricularia-auricula-judae/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.