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Tripe Fungus
Matteo Piccinini, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Mushrooms & bracket fungi

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers.

Names

EnglishTripe Fungus
DutchViltig judasoor
Spanish—
Chinese毡盖木耳
Sranan Tongopopolipo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAuricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers.

About this species

Auricularia mesenterica, commonly known as the tripe fungus, is a species of fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous and typically formed in coalescing tiers on stumps and logs. They are partly pileate, with hirsute, zoned caps, and partly resupinate, with smooth to wrinkled undersurfaces that spread over the wood. Auricularia mesenterica is a saprotroph on dead deciduous trees and shrubs. The species is restricted to Europe and Central Asia.

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Classification

KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAuriculariales
FamilyAuriculariaceae
GenusAuricularia

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