Auricularia

See also: auricularia

Translingual

Auricularia auricula-judae

Etymology

From Latin auriculāris (“ear-shaped”).

Proper noun

Auricularia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Auriculariaceae – wood ears: certain jelly fungi, mostly edible and grown commercially.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum - phylum; Agaricomycotina - subphylum; Agaricomycetes - class; Auriculariales - order; Auriculariaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Auricularia americana, Auricularia auricula-judae, Auricularia cornea, Auricularia delicata, Auricularia discensa, Auricularia fuscosuccinea, Auricularia mesenterica, Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia peltata, Auricularia polytricha, Auricularia sordescens (selected species); for other species see Auricularia at MycoBank

Further reading

• Auricularia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Auricularia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Auricularia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Auricularia at MycoBank