CHAPTER IX: GELATINOUS AND OTHER FUNGI 



Jew's Ear, or Judas's Ear (Edible) 



Hirneola aiiricula-Judce 



The Jew's ear is a gelatinous fungus which is so lobed and 

 folded as to resemble a human ear. It is this resemblance to an 

 ear which has suggested the names, Jew's ear and Judas's ear. 

 Its habit of growing on elder has given rise to the belief that 

 Judas Iscariot hanged himself on this tree. This fungus is prized 

 by the Chinese as an article of food, and is imported by them from 

 the South Sea Islands. 



Its manner of bearing the spores on little spicules places it in 

 Class III, Basidiomyceies, which contains fungi with gills, teeth, 

 and pores. 



Tremeliodon 



Tremellodon is a clear fungus, which in colour resembles a 

 piece of water-soaked snow, but in form resembles a Hydntun, 

 as it has teeth-like projections on the under surface. 



Guepinia * 



Gnepina is a bright yellow fungus, about an inch high, in 

 form like little spatules or goblets. It is common in cracks of 

 logs and stumps. 



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