Sergio, I am hopeless id'ing fungi so I rely on the PN experts to point me in the right direction. I did buy a book, by I find there are so many species that look similar! Thanks Carol!
According to Wikipedia, the two species are related and very similar. I choose the cloud ear name for mine because I thought the colour resembles more the colour of the pic in Wikipedia. But I am open to sugestions from the experts.
Thanks Leuba - I think you are right & it's a mature specimen of the Judas Ear fungus. I found a photo of a similar one online - http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http... I will update the ID.
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Sergio, I am hopeless id'ing fungi so I rely on the PN experts to point me in the right direction. I did buy a book, by I find there are so many species that look similar!
Thanks Carol!
Awesome fungus!
According to Wikipedia, the two species are related and very similar. I choose the cloud ear name for mine because I thought the colour resembles more the colour of the pic in Wikipedia. But I am open to sugestions from the experts.
Thanks John!
Also called Woodear, Auricularia auricula-judae
Thanks Leuba - I think you are right & it's a mature specimen of the Judas Ear fungus. I found a photo of a similar one online - http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http... I will update the ID.
Looks a little like the Judas Ear fungus spotted by SebastianBarragan and identified by LarsKorb