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

synonyms: Eselsohr, Hare’s Ear, Oreille d’âne, Oreille de ličvre
Otidea onotica Mushroom
Ref No: 9296
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Orange
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

Otidea onotica (Pers.) Fuckel syn. Peziza onotica Pers. ex Fr. Eselsohr, Oreille de ličvre, Oreille d’âne, Hare’s Ear. Cup 2–6cm wide, 3–10cm high, lopsided, irregularly ear-shaped, attached to the substrate by a short, indistinct whitish stalk, inner surface ochraceous flushed pinkish, outer similarly coloured and slightly scurfy. Flesh thin, white. Asci 250 x 10µ, not blued by iodine. Paraphyses slender, curved at tip. Spores broadly elliptical, containing two oil drops, 12–13 x 5–6µ. Habitat in soil in deciduous or mixed woodland. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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