Ear flap fungi

Ear flap fungi
	Zoned ear flap fungus ; ( Auricularia mesenterica )
Systematics
Subdivision :	Agaricomycotina
Class :	Agaricomycetes
Subclass :	insecure position (incertae sedis)
Order :	Ear lobe fungi (Auriculariales)
Family :	Ear flap relatives (Auriculariaceae)
Genre :	Ear flap fungi
Scientific name
	Auricularia
	Bull. Ex Juss.

The ear lobe fungi ( Auricularia ) are a genus of fungi from the family of the ear lobe fungus relatives .

The type species is the zoned ear flap fungus ( Auricularia mesenterica ).

features

Illustration of the zoned ear flap fungus in Bulliard's table work "Herbier de la France 7"

The ear flap fungi are characterized by firm or soft gelatinous fruiting bodies, which are resupinate (with the upper side lying against the substrate) to effuso-reflex (half resupinate) or have an ear- to shell-shaped habit . The top is smooth to tomentose, the underside has a smooth to wrinkled hymenium with veiny ridges.

ecology

The members of the genus are saprobionts or weak parasites mainly on hardwoods.

species

The exact number of species of the genus is unclear: Dörfelt mentions around 15, Krieglsteiner assumes 9. The main distribution area is in the tropics. There are 2 types in Germany.

Ear flap fungi ( Auricularia ) in Europe

German name	Scientific name	Author quote
Judas ear	Auricularia auricula-judae	(Bulliard 1789: Fries 1822) Quélet 1886
Zoned ear flap fungus	Auricularia mesenterica	(Dickson 1785: Frieze 1828) Persoon 1822

Judasohr
Auricularia auricula-judae
Zoned ear flap fungus
Auricularia mesenterica
Auricularia nigricans
( syn. Auricularia polytricha )

swell

literature

Andrés Felipe Montoya-Alvarez, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Yukio Minamya, Tatsuya Fukuda, Carlos Alberto López-Quintero, Ana Esperanza Franco-Molano: Phylogenetic relationships and review of the species of Auricularia (Fungi: Basidiomycetes) in Colombia . In: Caldasia . tape 33 , no. 1 , p. 55-66 ( PDF; 977 kB ).

Individual evidence

^ Jean Baptiste François Bulliard : Auricularia tremelloides . In: Herbier de la France 7 (PDF; 5.4 MB). 1787. plate 290.
↑ Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of Mycology. 2nd Edition. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 .
↑ German Josef Krieglsteiner (Ed.): Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . Volume 1: General Part. Stand mushrooms: jelly, bark, prick and pore mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3528-0 .

Web links

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[Bulliard1787-1] Jean Baptiste François Bulliard : Auricularia tremelloides . In: Herbier de la France 7 (PDF; 5.4 MB). 1787. plate 290.

[Dörfelt2001-2] Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of Mycology. 2nd Edition. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 .

[Krieglsteiner2000-3] German Josef Krieglsteiner (Ed.): Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . Volume 1: General Part. Stand mushrooms: jelly, bark, prick and pore mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3528-0 .