Auricularia auricula-judae (Wood Ears)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Wood Ears

Description

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Genus Auricularia

Early, free-swimming , larval stage of holothuroids. Characterized by continuous curving, flagellated band .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Fungi () - T.l. Jahn & F.f. Jahn, 1949 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980 - Fungi
  - Subkingdom: Dikarya () - D.s. Hibbett Et Al., in D.s. Hibbett Et Al., 2007
    - Phylum: Basidiomycota () - H.c. Bold, 1957 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980 - Basidiomycetes
      - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina () - Dowell, 2001
        Class: Agaricomycetes () - Dowell, 2001
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae ()
        Order: Auriculariales () - J. Schr�t., in Cohn, Ed., 1889
        Family: Auriculariaceae () - �
        Genus: Auricularia () - Bull. ex Juss., 1789
        Specific descriptor: auricula-judae - (Bull.) Qu�l. 1886
        Scientific name: - Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Qu�l. 1886

Unambiguous Synonyms

Auricularia auricula (Hook. f.) Underw. 1902
Auricularia auricula-judae var. lactea Qu�l. 1886
Auricularia auricularis (Gray) G.W. Martin 1943
Exidia auricula-judae (Bull.) Fr. 1822
Gyraria auricularis Gray 1821
Hirneola auricula (L.) P. Karst. 1880
Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. 1860
Hirneola auricula-judae var. lactea (Qu�l.) D.A. Reid 1970
Hirneola auricularis (Gray) Donk 1949
Merulius auricula (L.) Roth
Peziza auricula-judae (Bull.) Bolton 1786
Tremella auricula L. 1753
Tremella auricula-judae Bull. 1789

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Auricularia

There are approximately 91 species in this genus:

A. affinis · A. albicans · A. albida · A. americana · A. auricula f. abietis · A. auricula f. albicans · A. auricula f. auricula · A. auricula f. mollissima · A. auricula-judae (Wood Ears) · A. auricula-judae f. auricula-judae · A. auricula-judae f. mollissima · A. auricula-judae var. auricula-judae · A. auriculajudae · A. blepharistoma · A. buccina · A. butleri · A. carteri · A. cati · A. cinerea · A. coffeicolor · A. corium · A. cornea · A. crassa · A. crispata · A. dacrymycetospora · A. delicata · A. delicata f. alba · A. delicata f. delicata · A. delicata f. purpureai · A. discensa var. discensa · A. discensa var. macrospora · A. elegans · A. epitricha · A. euphorbicola · A. euphorbiicola · A. eximia · A. faginea · A. fibrillifera · A. flava · A. fuscosuccinea · A. goossensiae · A. goossensii · A. hainanensis · A. hispida · A. hispidula · A. incrassata · A. indica · A. laevis · A. lenta · A. lesueurii · A. leucochroma · A. leveillei · A. levis · A. mesenterica · A. mesenterica var. pusio · A. minor · A. minuta · A. moellerii · A. mollis · A. mollissima · A. nicotiana · A. nigrescens · A. ornata · A. pallida · A. papyracea · A. peltata · A. polytricha · A. polytricha f. polytricha · A. polytricha f. tenuis · A. polytricha var. argentea · A. polytricha var. polytricha · A. polytrichia · A. purpurea · A. pusio · A. reticulata · A. rosea · A. rugosissima · A. sambucina · A. schulzeri · A. semipellucida · A. sordescens · A. squamosa · A. syringae · A. tenuis · A. tremellosa · A. venulosa · A. vespertilio · A. vespertilio venulosa · A. vespertilio vespertilio · A. wrightii · A. xishaensis

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Notes

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
Species Fungorum 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: GEO Biodiversity Day
GBIF New Zealand: NZFUNGI - Collections of the New Zealand National Fungal Herbarium (PDD)
GBIF-Spain: Dpto. de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Córdoba. Fungi-COFC
GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
GBIF-Sweden: Fungi (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Fungal Collection at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: Water Colours of Fungi by Fritz Wohlfarth at the Botanische Staatssammlung München
Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO: Herbarium GJO
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Lichen Herbarium
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Danish Mycological Society, fungal records database
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Fungal Specimens collected by HabitatVision (Jacob Heilmann-Clausen)
University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU: Herbarium WU
Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14378830
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:102281
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1037387