Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales	Family: Auriculariaceae
Species: Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quél.

Synonyms:

Auricularia auricula Auricularia auricula-judae var. lactea Exidia auricula-judae Gyraria auricularis Hirneola auricula Hirneola auricula-judae Hirneola auricula-judae var. lactea Peziza auricula-judae Tremella auricula Tremella auricula-judae

Common Name:

Jelly Ear

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Sambucus nigra (70) Acer pseudoplatanus (16) Fagus sylvatica (13) Acer (3) Betula (2) Fraxinus excelsior (2) Salix (2) Acer campestre (2) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Berberis (1) Corylus avellana (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Rhododendron ponticum (1) Salix cinerea (1) Ulmus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (16) Woodland: mixed (15) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (14) Woodland (12) Woodland: mixed, plantation (10) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5) Built up area, domestic (3) Scrub (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3) Improved grassland (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: plantation (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Boundaries: earth bank (1) Bracken: continuous (1) Built-up areas (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub: dense/continuous (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Scrub: scattered, neutral (1) Strandline vegetation (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (52) Branch (23) Tree (20) Dead Wood (18) Dead Branch (5) Twig (3) Fallen Tree (2) Log (2) Dead Attached Branch (1) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen Branch (1) Fallen log (1) Soil Grassy (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Stem (1) Stem, dead, fallen (1) Wood, standing (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (22) February (13) March (7) April (11) May (12) June (7) July (6) August (21) September (25) October (72) November (26) December (13)