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Otidea bufonia.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Kröten-Öhrling, Toad's Ear
Otidea bufonia Mushroom
Ref No: 9293
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Otidea bufonia (Pers.) Boud. Kröten-Öhrling Toad's Ear. Cup 1–7cm across, cup-shaped and split at one side, becoming irregularly wavy, inner surface dark brown, outer slightly paler and minutely downy. Flesh thin, brown. Asci 160–200 x 10–12µ, not blued by iodine. Paraphyses slender, strongly curved at tip. Spores elliptic-fusiform, containing two oil drops, 13–15 x 6.5–7µ. Habitat roadsides, woodland. Season late summer to early autumn. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe.
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