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A related fungus, Auricularia heimuer, is widely used in East Asian cooking and has often been misidentified as Auricularia auricula-judae. Auricularia auricula-judae has a mild flavour, which may be considered bland. [24] It can be dried and rehydrated, [25] sometimes swelling to 3 – 4 times in size. [25]
The genus was first introduced in 1780 by French mycologist Pierre Bulliard for a range of different fungi producing fruit bodies with an ear-like shape. In 1822 Christian Hendrik Persoon restricted the genus to two gelatinous species, Auricularia mesenterica (which became the type species) and A. sambuci (a synonym of Auricularia auricula-judae). [2]
Auricularia heimuer. Wood-ear or tree ear (Chinese: 木耳; pinyin: mù'ěr, Korean: 목이 버섯), also translated wood jellyfish or tree jellyfish (Japanese: キクラゲ, Hepburn: ki-kurage), can refer to a few similar-looking edible fungi used primarily in Chinese cuisine; these are commonly sold in Asian markets shredded and dried.
Auricularia heimuer, also known as heimuer (Chinese: 黑木耳; pinyin: hēimù'ěr) or black wood ear, is a species of fungus in the order Auriculariales.It is commercially cultivated for food in China at a value exceeding $4 billion (USD) per year.
Several species within the order are edible and two, Auricularia heimuer and Auricularia cornea, are cultivated on a commercial scale, particularly in China and southeast Asia. They are widely exported, in a dried or powdered state, as "black fungus", "cloud ears", or "wood ears". [7]
Auricularia auricula-judae, known as the Jew's ear, jelly ear or by a number of other common names, is a species of edible Auriculariales mushroom found worldwide. Distinguished by its noticeably ear-like shape and brown colouration, it grows upon wood, especially elder.
Auricularia auricula-judae – wood ear, Judas' ear, black fungus, jelly ear; Auricularia polytricha – cloud ear; Calocera cornea; Calocera viscosa – yellow tuning fork, yellow stagshorn fungus; Dacrymyces palmatus – orange jelly; Dacryopinax spathularia; Exidia glandulosa – black jelly roll, witches' butter; Exidia recisa - amber jelly ...
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