CHAPTER IX: GELATINOUS AND CTHER FUNGI 
Jew’s Ear, or Judas’s Ear (Edible) 
Hirneola auricula-Jude 
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 basidia places it in 
Class Ill, Bastdiomycetes, which contains fungi with gills, teeth, 
and pores. 
Tremellodon 
Tremellodon is a clear fungus, which in colour resembles a 
piece of water-soaked snow, but in form resembles a Hydnum, 
as it has teeth-like projections on the under surface. 
Guepinia 
Guepina 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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