Everything about Auricularia Auricula-judae totally explained
Auricularia auricula-judae (syn.
Auricularia auricula,
Hirneola auricula-judae) is commonly known as
Judas's ear fungus or
Jew's Ear, the name from which it derives the "judae" in its scientific name, or as the
jelly ear fungus. This
jelly fungus is conspicuously ear shaped, ranging from purple to dark brown or black in color with a rubbery texture, and most often found on dead
elder trees but also on
elms. It was said that
Judas hanged himself on an elder tree, which is the origin of the name.
This species is used often in
Asian cooking. In
Chinese, it's called (pinyin:
mù ěr, lit. "wood ear" or "tree ear") or (pinyin:
hēi mù ěr, lit. "black wood ear"), and in Japanese it's called
kikurage (lit. "tree-jellyfish").
Auricularia polytricha (cloud ear fungus), a closely related species, is also used in Asian cooking.
Snow fungus, another edible fungus which is white in color, is a separate species,
Tremella fuciformis.
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