Auricularia

Auricularia
	Auricularia auricula-judae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Auriculariales
Family:	Auriculariaceae
Genus:	Auricularia; Bull. (1780)
Type species
	Auricularia mesenterica; (Dicks.) Pers. (1822)
Species
	over 30
Synonyms
	Patila Adans. (1763); Conchites Paulet (1791); Agarico-gelicidium Paulet (1793); Zonaria Roussel (1806); Laschia Fr. (1830); Oncomyces Klotzsch (1843); Hirneola Fr. (1848); Laschia subgen. Auriculariella Sacc. (1888); Seismosarca Cooke (1889); Auricula Battarra ex Kuntze (1891); Auriculariella Clem. (1909);

Auricularia is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically gelatinous and ear-shaped, with a slightly downy to conspicuously hirsute upper surface and an under surface that is smooth, wrinkled or veined. All species grow on wood. Several Auricularia species are edible and commercially cultivated on a large scale in China and East Asia.

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